First, you must understand that your inheritance comes in proportion to your new identity. In other words, your inheritance comes as you see yourself the same way God sees you.
In Luke 15, Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son. Likely, you know the story. It’s about two boys who didn’t see themselves the way their father saw them. They didn’t see themselves as righteous.
One day the younger son went to his father to inquire about his inheritance, and said, “Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me” (verse 12). "The Message" offers a more literal translation. It says, “Father, I want right now what’s coming to me.” In other words, the son said to his father, “Give me my money. I’m out of here!” He literally wanted out. The Bible says the boy’s father gave him what he wanted and the son left, went to a far country and before long, “wasted everything he had” (verse 13, "MSG"). Next thing you know, he was down so low he contemplated eating the hogs’ food.
The Bible says, “he came to himself” (verse17) and said, “How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” He thought, Well, now, wait a minute. To be a servant in my daddy’s house is better than this. I’m going home.
So, home he went.
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