Possessing Our Inheritance

Micah 1-4; Hebrews 6 

“Every man (person) will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken. All the nations may walk in the name of their gods; we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.”

Micah 4:4, 5

The heart of God is for his people to possess their inheritance in his kingdom. Moses shared the vision of each Israelite being brought into a good land, a land with streams and pools of water, ‘a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees’ (Deuteronomy 8:8). In their impatience, Abiram and Dathan demanded their inheritance quickly – the fig trees and vines. In deception, the king of Assyria offered the people of Judah their own vines and fig trees if they submitted to his authority and moved to his land (Isaiah 36:16). God’s heart is to restore us to our inheritance of vines and fig trees and restore to us the years the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:22). The fruit of the Spirit in the kingdom of God is dependent on the ‘rains’ of the Spirit in our lives. Possessing our inheritance and bearing the fruit of the Spirit will give us blessings we can share with our neighbors as we invite them to sit under our vine and fig tree (Zechariah 3:10).

“Lord, thank you for the vine and fig tree of my inheritance in you.”