Psalms 47:4 (ESV Strong's)
He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
Subject: Inheritance
We don't get to choose our inheritance. Those who give us an inheritance, choose the inheritance. We are just the benefactors of their grace. In the above passage, Jacob, whom God loves, is the benefactor of God's grace. In the immediate context the inheritance is the land God enabled them to conquer by being the warriors spoken of in the preceding verses. God has given them the land and that is part of His covenant grace to them. They might complain it wasn't enough, or it wasn't the land they wanted, or it was too hard to conquer, but the inheritance is an expression of God's grace. Today, for the believer, the inheritance is our relationship with Christ. He IS our relationship. In this Psalm we are to "clap" our hands for our inheritance. We are to praise Him for our inheritance. We are to rejoice in Him and count Christ as our inheritance. There are are many who are striving for a temporal inheritance. They rejoice when they receive it. Yet, it is not valuable. It will fade away. Christ is our inheritance and He will never fade away.
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