Will we draw
from our spiritual inheritance to build His church?
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.
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. 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.
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.
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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.
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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 Pentacostal 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.
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.
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