Empowered to Be Great Devotional

Greatness Is Your Divine Inheritance

Definitions:

Greatness: distinguished or eminent. Synonyms: Illustriousness, prominence, genius, caliber, distinction, finesse, proficiency, virtuosity.

Inheritance: the reception of genetic qualities from parent to offspring. Synonyms: birthright, legacy, heritage, patrimony.

Divine: linking to God. Synonyms: None

Key Scripture: And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Galatians 4:6-7 NKJV

Most of the time when we think of an inheritance, we think of money, property, or something that we received from a family member that has passed away. Sometimes, when we cannot be located, it will go to the state. I remember growing up in Arkansas, at a certain time of the year on the state news there would be an announcement to contact to the state or go to the website to claim your property.

With our Heavenly Father, there is no need to contact Him through a website. We must put God in remembrance of His promises to collect our inheritance. This inheritance is not new cars and more money coming our way. The inheritance that we receive from God are the spiritual blessings, gifts of the Spirit, His unconditional love, grace and mercy, the things that money cannot buy or our social status cannot get us. We are created in His imagine, before we were formed in our mother’s womb greatness was divinely deposited in our spiritual DNA. God planted the seed of greatness, fertilized it with His promises if we obey His voice and commandments.

“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. Deuteronomy 28:1- 6 KJV

He sealed it with His word, just as a good father would affirm his child.

So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you. Deuteronomy 31:6 NLT

Then God gives us an everlasting reminder of His stamp of approval, that greatness is our divine inheritance.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV

God gave His only Son Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins that we may have life and life more abundantly. People may count us out, but God never gives up on us. Greatness is not an option for us, it is the only option. God did not design us to settle for mediocre but strive to embody all the greatness that He placed on the inside of us. He created us to bring Him glory and honor. God said in His word that if He be lifted up, He’ll draw all men. He will use us to show others His love, grace, and mercy. He equipped us from birth to succeed, walk in divine favor, and abundance. God desires for us to take Him at His word, He has given us everything we need to live this life. I challenge us to pray bigger, dream bigger, believe bigger and watch God work.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: Ephesians 1:11 KJV

Prayer

Father God, I take this moment in time to say thank you for our Divine Inheritance. Thank you, for being our Heavenly Father, Daddy, there is no one like you nowhere. I love you and so honored to serve You, Heavenly Father. Thank you for your promises, help me Holy Spirit to obey the voice of God and His commandments. That His will be done in our lives, on earth as it is in Heaven. Father, active my gifts and talent to do Your will and what you created me to do. That I may bring glory to Your name. Every idea, ministry, business that You planted on the inside of me God, activate it now, breathe life into it now, and show me how to operate in it. God, you lead, direct and I will follow, I am all Yours. And thank you for giving your son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for my sins. I am forever grateful for my divine inheritance. In Jesus Name, Amen.