Focus: Your Decider

Text: Ps.47:4

"He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah."

By creation and redemption you belong to God forever. God is your maker and master, your creator and redeemer. You are God's unique being, His purchased possession, and the object of His love. 

Moses declares, "For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance" (Dt.32:9). The psalmist says, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance" (Ps.33:12). 

By creating and redeeming you, God owns you. You are His elect - His chosen one. You are the beloved of the Lord. You are precious to Him.

God is mindful of you. He knows what you don't know. He sees what you don't see. You can only be in one spot at a time, but your God is everywhere at once. He is the God of infinite knowledge, wisdom and power. He sees the end from the beginning.

God is your decider. Knowing what is best for you, God chooses for you. He makes perfect decisions for those He loves. He sees ahead of you and knows all the facts. He knows the stuff you are made of. He knows what is good for you. From where God stands, He has the perfect view of all things. 

God knows you beyond what you know of yourself, and He is in the best position to making the best of choices for you, and indeed He has your best interest at heart.

God has chosen the best of places for you. Paul tells you, "And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance AMONG all them which are sanctified" (Act.20:32). Your inheritance is among the sanctified. God has properly situated you. 

You are perfectly located. He wants you to have and enjoy a good location among the saved and sanctified.

The psalmist sings and testifies, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage" (Ps.16:6). O yes! Your lot has fallen to you in pleasant places. God has chosen the best for you. God says, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance" (Ps.105:11). Christ has made you a partaker of an eternal inheritance. Paul writes, "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light" (Col.1:12). Hallelujah!

Not only does God choose the best inheritance for you, but He also maintains it. Whatever He chooses for you, He also maintains.

The psalmist declares, "The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot" (Ps.16:5). He chooses your lot in life. He ensures that all that truly belongs to you is secured. He secures a good future for you. He runs your life perfectly. Even your times are in His hands. Your ways are best known to Him. He knows where you are coming from, where you are, and where you are going to. 

You will lose nothing that you have committed into His hands. He keeps whatever you have entrusted Him with. I tell you, you are blessed to have this kind of God. In Christ your 'past is settled, your present makes sense, and your future is secure.' Amen!

by Bishop Moses E. Peter