How to Obtain Your Spiritual Inheritance
by
Jonas Clark
Will we draw from our spiritual inheritance to establish the
Kingdom of God?
The preacher said a good man leaves an inheritance for his
children’s children. While Solomon was speaking in terms of
financial wealth, this is also true in the realm of the spirit. The
Body of Christ in recent years has witnessed many great spiritual
leaders go home to be with the Lord. The material wealth may have
been transferred to their natural families, but a portion of the
spiritual wealth is available to us as sons and daughters of the
leaders of former revival movements. With the passing of God’s great
generals, a great spiritual deposit has been made in our spirits. Of
course, with this transfer of spiritual wealth comes also a great
responsibility for this generation because, as wise Solomon
declared, the inheritance is not just for the children, but for the
children’s children.
SPIRITUAL WEALTH
 This inheritance begs some important questions. How will apostolic
believers respond to the spiritual wealth passed on by former moves?
What will we do with our inheritance? Will we use it to build a
memorial to the leaders and good times of yesterday? Or will we use
it to build what God is doing today? It’s been said that a
reformation and revival starts out as a new movement, but ends up
building a monument to what once was. Look no further than Isaac,
the promised son of Abraham and Sarah. After Abraham died, the
Philistine enemies covered the wells that Abraham dug in Egypt. When
a famine hit during Isaac’s day, he, like Abraham, figured he should
go to Egypt for provision. However, God told him to stay in Canaan
Land instead. To respond in a way that was different from Abraham
took a great deal of faith on Isaac’s part.
EMBRACING THE APOSTOLIC MOVEMENT
Think about it. In faith, he determined to obey God and plant seed
in a parched land during a time of great famine. People around him
must have surely thought he had lost his mind. But his great faith
in God, a spiritual inheritance from his father Abraham, led to a
harvest in a place where no one thought anything could grow.
The Word says that Isaac was greatly enriched! Then something
interesting happened. Isaac took the blessing of God and went about
unstopping the wells that the Philistines had covered. These wells
had been dug during the time of his father Abraham, i.e. during an
old move of God. Wells are significant. Without them there is no
refreshing, growth or increase. But every time Isaac unstopped the
old wells, representing an attempt to revive an old move, there was
strife among his servants. It was not until Isaac dug a new well
that the strife and infighting ceased. From this we learn an
important lesson for all those who are embracing the Apostolic
Movement: We must take our inheritance of spiritual wealth and dig a
new well. Only then will we have peace and joy.
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PROPHETIC INSIGHT REVEALS IDENTITY
Could
it be that many of God’s leaders have gone on to heaven, leaving
behind thousands of believers who have gathered around old wells
because they are unsure of their identities? Could it also be that
others are seeking out the new things of God in an attempt to warm
up the old? When King David was old and stricken in years his
servants brought a young virgin to his bed to keep him warm. David
was feeble and his son Adonijah conspired to take the throne that
had been promised to Solomon. Nathan the prophet and Bathsheba
approached the aged king and appealed to him to transfer the kingdom
to Solomon before Adonijah had an opportunity to act (1 Kings 1).
These Scriptures may shed some prophetic insight into the condition
of some believers today who have gathered around old wells. We find
David, representative of the former movement, is old and in need of
heat.
David was slow to transfer his authority onto the next generation of
leadership, so his servants sought to maintain the old ruler by
warming him up with a young virgin, who represents the current move
of God. We can’t, however, send servants to observe the new move of
God only in an attempt to take that fire to warm up an old move. If
we do, the false sons, like Adonijah, will wreak havoc on the
kingdom. Much like Isaac’s attempt to unstop old wells, warming up
an old movement with revelation from a new move is not the proper
response to our transference of spiritual wealth.
CARRIES OF A FRESH NEW MOVE OF GOD
Still others are like the prophets of Jericho. The day Elijah was
taken to heaven they stood and watched from afar. They saw Elisha
with Elijah’s mantle. They saw him strike the water. And they saw
him cross the Jordan. Yet, these prophets bowed to Elisha only to
pay homage. While they respected the anointing on his life, they
didn’t want to follow him. They were still looking for Elijah. How
many believers will see the carriers of the new move of God today,
but will still desire to search for the Elijahs that have passed on?
How many believers today will try to unstop the wells of the former
movements? How many will try to warm up the old teachings with new
revelation? Many apostolic and prophetic believers were raised in
the Pentecostal Movement and that inheritance should be treasured.
But we must use our spiritual wealth to build what Jesus is building
today. Yes, we cherish what God did yesterday but we need to keep
pressing on today.
 FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD
Dr. Lester Sumrall once said that it takes great faith to move
beyond what one was born into. What movement were you born into?
Which movement will you have to transition out of? Thirty days after
Moses died, God told Joshua that it was time to move on. Although
Joshua and the other Israelites loved Moses dearly, they did not
seek to continue following him once he passed away. No, they took
the spiritual transference of wealth imparted through Moses and used
it to cross over into the Promised Land. By the grace of God,
apostolic believers will do the same.
© by Jonas Clark
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