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A Good Man Leaves an Inheritance to His Children’s Children

In a culture where the best parting gift it seems a father should leave for his children are fat bank accounts in trust funds, estates and houses — regardless of how they are acquired!

It’s important to state that there is a righteous ways of reserving and transferring a blessing that ensures the next generation is insured in the Hands of The LORD.

The Scriptures makes us know that; even if Abraham had left cattle, livestock and a stock of natural wealth for Isaac; a time came when that reservoir finished; cos we see that in Genesis 26, a time came when there was famine in the very land Isaac dwelt.

“And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham,” Genesis 26:1.

Interestingly, The Scriptures tell further that the wells Abraham dug in his days; were stopped and filled with earth after the time of Abraham.

“For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth,” Genesis 26:15.

In other words, had it been the natural stockpile of cattle, the wells of Abraham that Isaac relied upon as wealth transferred to him; he would have lived miserably; because famine and the philistines came after them.

However, Abraham left a greater inheritance for Isaac — it was the inheritance of an “Oath” made by God to Abraham and his seed by reason Of Abraham walk of Obedience with God.

“And The LORD appeared unto him [Isaac], and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws,” Genesis 26:2-5.

What Isaac inherited was beyond wells, cattle, livestock or a stockpile of gold.

What Isaac inherited from Abraham was an “Oath” God made to Abraham; for which God told Isaac; this was because Abraham obeyed His voice, kept His charge, commandments, statues and laws.

Isn’t that profound?

In Genesis 26:12-14, we see what that “Oath” backed by The God-insurance produced in the life of Isaac

“Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and The LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him,” Genesis 26:12-14.

Beyond the facade of the stockpile of real estates, fat bank accounts that is assumed to be the inheritance that secures the next generation…

There is something called an “Oath” that is passed down an inherited.

That “Oath” when righteous makes you the recipient of a blessing that accrued to your predecessor because of His faithful walk with The LORD.

That “Oath” is what ensures that whatever you lay your hand to prospers, and the Angels of The LORD are detailed to gather fruits into your barn.

There may be a stockpile reserved for you, but in the course of time, “famine and the philistine elements may come and wrestle to take away that stockpile when your “Abraham” transitions.
However an “Oath with God” cannot be stolen; because it’s under the protection of God and is enforced only by God.

This is why we must earnestly hope and pray that God aligns us with righteous fathers — natural and spiritual — whose walk with The LORD will make us recipients of credits of righteousness that’ll keep us journeying in the path of the will of The LORD.

This is why Proverbs 13 tells us,

“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just,” Proverbs 13:22.

This is because the inheritance the good mean leaves to his children is his “Good”.

The “Good Report” he had obtained in His walk with God that provoked a blessing sealed by an “Oath with God”.

Likewise, we must be wary of those whose actions leave a “debt” for the succeeding generation to pay.

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Arise and Eat, the Journey is Too Great for Thee

There are missions and assignments in The Kingdom that can only be fulfilled by lives completely laid down in total surrender to The LORD.

For Elijah; his assignment was so significant that God ensured that natural provision met him.

The Angel of The LORD brought him food, touched him and said Arise and eat.

Elijah arose, ate and went back to sleep; apparently famished from the long seasons of contention and being on the run from Ahab, Jezebel and his men.

The Angel of The LORD came the second time, touched him and said; “Arise and eat, the journey is too great for thee”. (1 Kings 19:7)

At this point, it was no longer a question of natural provision for the assignment; that part had been long solved.

This time; it is about who has the “Fortitude” to take on this journey that was deemed “too great”.

A significant battleground lay ahead; there are Angels ready to deliver your meals and met your natural needs; the question is, “Can you take on the journey?”

“And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. And the angel of The LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.” 1 Kings 19:5-8.

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LORD, What Will Thou Have Me Do?

This was Paul’s response when he found himself surrounded, trembling and astonished.

When you find yourself in a situation that gets you astonished and baffled; let go of anger and fear quickly; then ask; “LORD, what will you have me do?”

“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And The LORD said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.” Acts 9:6.

 

~ by Abel Praise

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Abel Praise, serving as Team Lead, Ministries Of Abel Praise is committed to working with apostolic and prophetic ministries across nations to raise up a new generation of leadership in The Body of Christ; by making teaching and training resources available and stewarding Ministers In Congress Conventions.

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