JANUARY 11 HEIR TO THE PROMISES

You are about to discover a spiritual truth so tremendous that, when you grasp it, your entire life will change. You are an heir!  You may not have a rich relative or a financial endowment that has been passed down to you, but you are a spiritual heir of an inheritance that is far greater.  It is an inheritance so great that it encompasses every area of your life.  It has the capacity to heal every painful experience you have ever had, supply every need, and equip you for victorious living and effective service in God’s Kingdom. This spiritual inheritance is called “the Abrahamic covenant.”  The Abrahamic covenant will take you beyond a blessing into a realm that makes the impossible possible. 

As God had promised, Abraham was eventually blessed with a son, Isaac, through whom the nation of Israel was birthed:

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.  (Hebrews 11:11-12)

In the book of Revelation, the "stars" represent the church. Throughout scripture, the land--the dust or sand--is representative of Israel.  As believers, we do not replace Israel, but we are recipients of the same covenant blessings.  Just as they did for Abraham, these promises and blessings will enable you to fulfill your divine destiny.

Genesis 21-35 records the story of Isaac, Abraham's son.  As you read through it you will see the tremendous blessings of God upon his life.  The provisions of this covenant then passed on to Isaac’s son, Jacob.  Despite a rough start, Jacob’s life was eventually supernaturally changed and with it came a new name--“Israel.”  Jacob was mightily blessed of God through the provisions of the Abrahamic covenant,  then these promises were passed on to his children, and the nation of Israel was birthed.  

The tremendous blessings of Abraham extend even further than the nation of Israel, however.  The Apostle Paul declared:  "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together"  (Romans 8:16-17).  Romans 4:16 declares that Abraham was the “father of us all."  As  Abraham’s spiritual seed and a joint-heir with Christ, you are an heir to these covenant promises.  The Apostle Paul declared, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3;29).   These promises will make your destiny a reality, just as they did for Abraham.