Deuteronomy 18:1-2 -

The Lord our inheritance.

True of the priests and Levites, it is true also of each believer, that "the Lord is his inheritance" ( Psalms 16:5 , Psalms 16:6 ). He is in this respect a "priest unto God" ( 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 ).

I. THE MEANING OF THE EXPRESSION . Inheritance—equal to lot, part, share. Inheritance in families—the share which each receives of the patrimony. In the partition of Canaan, each tribe had its lot, its portion, its share. God's portion or inheritance was the tithes, with the prescribed parts of the sacrifices, the firstfruits, etc. Levi had as his portion God himself, involving a share of the provision from God's table ( Deuteronomy 18:1 ).

II. THE GRANDEUR OF THE TRUTH .

1. The believer possesses God . God is a better possession for the soul than any of his gifts. "It is a thought which lies at the foundation of all true religion, that God himself is the Supreme Good, the true and real portion of the soul …. More intimately than light becomes the possession of the eye on which it streams, or air of the organs of breathing which inhale it, or the food we eat, assimilated and diffused through the physical system, incorporates itself with the nature of him who partakes of it, does he, that Infinite One, the Light of all our seeing, the Bread of Life, the nutriment of our highest being, become the deep inward portion of each soul that loves him" (Caird, sermon on 'The Christian's Heritage').

2. In possessing God , the believer possesses all things . And this, though in an outward sense he has nothing ( 2 Corinthians 6:10 ; cf. 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ).

Let the saint reflect on his inheritance in God.