Our Inheritance and Rest

Deuteronomy 10-12; Mark 16

“’You are not to do as we do here today, everyone as he sees fit, since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you. But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give your rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.’”

Deuteronomy 12:8-10

The rest that God is inviting us to experience at the deepest level of our being is found in possessing our inheritance. Our inheritance, if it is found in a bank account, property, or a person, will not satisfy, and often produces anxiety. When our inheritance is found in Christ and his eternal kingdom, we experience rest even as we work. Israel needed to cross the Jordan and engage their enemies to possess their inheritance. It was in loving obedience and fearing the Lord God that Israel both crossed the Jordan and experienced God’s deliverance from giants, kings, and fortified cities. It is the Lord who gives us rest. In pursuing the Lord and making every effort to enter his rest, we find the peace of surrender and repentance from sin and self. It is Jesus who has defeated sin and death. He is our inheritance and our great reward. There is a better way to live than as ‘every man for himself’. Let’s find our inheritance and rest in the Lord.

“Lord Jesus, you are my inheritance. I repent for looking anywhere else for rest and peace.”