Never settle for less than Inheritance!

May 29th, 2021

By: David Hoskins

Some Tribes Settled Short

Ruben, Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh settled on the east side of Jordan.  Right before coming into their God destined inheritance they decided to settle for less than God’s best.   This is such a temptation as we journey with Father into inheritance.  

The tribes mentioned had to make a deal with Moses to fight along with the other tribes for their inheritance in the land of promise.  This was their deal so that Moses would let them settle in a land not appointed them.  The land which they thought would be best to meet their natural needs.  The land east of Jordan was great for cattle and so settling “made sense”, but it was not God’s best.

There is nothing more sad than fighting for an inheritance that is destined for others.  God has an apportioned boundary for each of us.  The things we gain in faith are precious but the things we gain in the flesh are fleeting.

The problem with settling short of God’s best is that you fail to hold your place in the time of war and calamity.  God is not responsible to hold onto that which He has not promised you.  You are left with fighting your own battles.  

Though peaceful in the beginning the land east of Jordan was a prime spot for the Midianite marauders to be a constant thorn in their sides.  Eventually the tribes east of Jordan were taken captive and made slaves to the Assyrians.  Short sighted vision only sees the now.

God’s grace accompanies His plan 

When we do our own thing in our own way then we have to learn fight our own battles.  

Sometimes God decides to tolerate our deviation from His best as he works compromise out of our lives.  Thankfully God has a way of showing mercy to the stubborn and dumb as He waits for us to learn honor and submission.  

How many times have I worked with people helping them move toward their calling and dream only to watch them settle in the journey.  

Many ministry leaders are hungry to press into the new wineskin but they often do not realize what they will have to let go of in order to enter the new. I’ve seen many choose to settle rather than cross over but I have yet to see it serve them well.

Let me encourage you to move through the threshold necessary to gain entrance into what is truly promised to you.   The inheritance is worthy of the battle.  Arriving to our destination is a bonus.  Walking in faith is our portion.  Abraham set out on a journey in faith never actually arriving and yet his inheritance was considerable.

It is true that some are more settlers than pioneers but when it comes to inheritance make sure you arrive before you settle.

Many leaders set out on a journey toward the new that God has for them only to find out that part of inheritance is tied to warfare.  Not everyone is willing to stay the course.   Some are not willing to be patient or suffer any loss so they find a way to settle rather than enter in.   Sometimes to gain entrance means you have to let go of your comfort zone.  Sometimes it means risking all.

The greater the faith the greater the risk.

The greater the risk in faith, the greater the reward.

Everything done in faith brings inheritance.

Sowing in the Fields of others

It is not time to sow, cultivate and reap until you have found and entered into promise.  Do not sow your seed in the fields of others.  To plant in fields that others will eventually harvest, while noble, is  not the best strategy for sustained blessing and generational inheritance.  Jacob labored in Laban’s field in obedience to God therefore his actions were in faith and lead him toward inheritance.  Only labor in the fields of others if God asks you to do so.  Anything else is presumption.  God has a portion for you.  A field, a ministry, a business, a venture.  Step out and into everything He has for you.  

We were told of God’ displeasure in Esau concerning Esau and Jacob.   Jacob had his eye on inheritance but pursued it the wrong way.  God had to deal with Jacob’s flesh but He was pleased in his pursuit toward destiny.  Esau did not have his eye on inheritance.   He was only interest is in the here and now.  His focus was in seeking immediate gratification only with no thought to God at all.

Malachi 1:2-3 (NASB Strong’s (Lockman))

2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

Hated in Hebrew means several things

Dictionary Definition h8130. שָׂנֵא sane; a prim. root; to hate:–

detest(1), enemy(3), enmity(1), foes(1), hate(78), hated(28), hated her intensely(1), hates(19), hating(2), hatred(1), turned against(1), turns against(2), unloved(7).

Ishmael was not the plan of God concerning Abraham and Sarah and yet God blessed the inheritance for Ishmael’s sake.  Not for Moses but for Hagar’s sake did God bless Ishmael.  

What I’m trying to say to all of us is to not settle for less than God’s best and do not birth or create anything which God has not asked us to develop.  

Everything we do in faith leads to inheritance.

Everything we do in the flesh or according to our own way might bring temporary satisfaction but it will never bring lasting inheritance.

#NeverSettle

Do Everything By Faith!

Romans 14:22-23 (NASB )

22 …Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 

Romans 14:23 (NASB)… and whatever is not from faith is sin