The LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites. Numbers 18:20
“God’s gifts are many. His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself. Above all gifts, God desires most to give Himself to His people. Our nature being what it is, we are the best fitted of all creatures to know and enjoy God. “For thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee” (from The Confessions of St. Augustine).
When God told Aaron, “Thought shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt though have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel” (Numbers 18:20). He in fact promised a portion infinitely above all the real estate in Palestine and all the earth thrown in. To possess God—this is the inheritance ultimate and supreme.”
A.W. Tozer in From Heaven: A 28-day Advent Devotional (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2016) 121-122.
Aaron and his descendents would become known as Levites. That word means attached to the house of God. Levites had no land on which to grow coffee or corn, or on which to graze sheep or cattle. God was their portion.
He was enough for them.
Many Daily Meditations readers can relate. You serve at a church or ministry and have no other means of income for the work or for your family beyond which God supplies. Let me remind you today that God is our portion.
He is enough for you.
But it is easy to get restless. For example, you have a funding goal that is not yet met and 4 days until year-end. What should you do? This is where you must say to yourself, “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him.”
He is enough for everyone.
Find repose or tranquility in knowing that God knows your needs and will supply in His timing. And if you are reading this and have the ability to give generously this year-end, please do give to God’s work as you are able?