The Stranger’s Inheritance

Scripture Ezekiel 47:22 It shall be that you will divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you. They shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Observation: God is telling Israel if a stranger decides to dwell among them that they should be treated equally and be given an inheritance in the land. The same thing for America. If a stranger becomes a citizen of this nation they will have the same right as any other citizen. It doesn’t matter that the family has lived in America for generations or if they just came from another country and now our legal citizens, we are all Americans. The same is true in God’s Kingdom. God doesn’t care from where you came, He only needs to know that you received His son as your Lord and Savior and now a citizen of heaven.

Application: I need to see everyone as a possible brother and sister in Christ and make them feel welcome into the family of God. My job is not to judge but to love and spread the gospel that others may see the love of God.

Prayer Dear Lord help me be the man that will please You. Thank you for bringing me into Your family and thank you that I don’t feel as an adopted child, but someone who feels that I was always supposed to be Yours.