What is the purpose of inheritance? It is to promote life and blessing as FATHER directs and often includes tangible resources. People spend their life accumulating wealth only to find it becomes meaningless as they approach death. The storing up of wealth takes it out of circulation and stops the flow of blessing.
Matthew 25:14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
When we take the resources FATHER has designated for our stewardship we must ask HIM how to deploy them. Hoarding as depicted by the third servant is unacceptable. People use the excuse that they are accumulating an inheritance for their children and/or grandchildren. That is a noble gesture but FATHER may not want those children to be ruined by a financial windfall. Money does not correct irresponsibility and greed raises its ugly head whenever there is an inheritance to be distributed.
Do you think FATHER has blessed you in order that you can take part in funding the Kingdom? The first two servants increased FATHER’S resources and in response:
21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
It has been said that most people who win the lottery have lost it all in four years. That sounds about right. If your children can’t handle money now, they won’t change when you are gone. The wise thing to do is to ask FATHER how to deploy the resources HE has provided you with. Those that dare to listen will be rewarded and receive the joy and HIS blessings. Those that hoard in fear will be like the man with barns in Luke 12:
13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness,fn for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.
17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’
18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Think about it.