There's a book by John Grisham in which the heirs of billionaire anxiously await the elderly man's death to receive their "due" inheritance. After his death, the heirs can practically smell the money that they're sure is coming their way, and they start to make extravagant decisions and purchases on the assumption of millions to come. Little do they know that the deceased has willed his estate to an unknown lady doing a work for the Lord in a remote part of the world--his own daughter. Oh, the dismay when the heirs learn there will not be a "Black Friday" for them for quite some time.
Moses and Joshua distributed Jacob's estate. Every tribe received some amount of land but, when it was Levi's turn, the tribe received nothing...nothing tangible, that is.
"But Moses gave no land to the tribe of Levi, for the Lord, the God of Israel had promised to be their inheritance" (Jos. 13:33).
What a deal!! More than wealth and land, Levi received something eternal--something unaffected by moth, rust, drought, etc. Just like Levi, our inheritance is eternal. Some may choose to give it up for temporary gain in the trappings offered by this world. But the best is yet to come.
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