A Look at Psalm 119:111

Psalm 119:111 “Your statutes are. My heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.”

In Psalm 119:57 David said, “God is my portion.” In this verse, he states he has taken the statutes, or testimonies of God, as his heritage. He is the heir of the statutes of God. He inherited them from his fathers, and he is determined to leave them to his family forever.

If a person passes away and leave nothing to their children but a Bible, in that, they impart the greatest treasure in the universe. David was the heir of the testimonies of God. He was the recipient of all that God said he was. What a heritage!

Consider Isaiah’s rendering of the heritage of the Lord, "All your sons will be taught by the Lord. And great will be your children's peace. In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed from you; it will not come near you.   If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you. No weapon formed against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this s their vindication from me, declares the Lord" Isaiah 54:13-15, 17. 

The great news is that it is our heritage, also. "Now if we are children, then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His glory" Romans 8:17. We are heirs of the One who is compassionate and patient. If that is His testimony, it is to be ours also. If we are to pass our heritage on to our family, we must have the same testimony as the Lord. What a wonderful heritage!

How will we pass this heritage on? By being born into His Kingdom, we become recipients of eternal life. However, leaving a heritage has to do with my personal obedience to God. To leave a heritage for my family, I must live today according to God’s statutes. 

I encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; as you do, thank God for His heritage.   

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