the heritage of Jacob

So yesterday I was reading the well-read Isaiah 58 “this is what true fasting is” passage.  I kinda end up there on accident and since we were all fasting I figured it couldn’t hurt to read through it!  Really friends its incrediable and the father showed me a couple things that I want to share with you.  Just a quick overview…..

            The father at first chides them (his people) for fasting while at the same time asking for strife and discontent and having general wickedness in their lives.  And then He goes on to say that the fast that he has chosen will “loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens to let the oppressed go free”, that we will break every yoke, we will share all that we have with the poor.  Then after this our light will break forth.  The Glory of the Lord will surround us, he will be our rear guard, and when we call to Him He will answer!   This Light that He has given us will shine in the darkest places of the earth.  He will satisfy us, always guide us, always strengthen us. And what comes from this?  What does God call us to do from this place?  Well what happens is that we restore the foundations, we restore the wall!! (which is what Nehemiah did, its what had to happen in order to protect  the temple, the place where God dwells. The wall must be rebuilt before the temple can be restored.) And then He says that we will restore the streets for Him to dwell in.  Then after this fast, if we continue to pleasure ourselves in the Lord, if we delight ourselves in Him HE WILL FEED US WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB.

Ok, so this is where I got excited.  Vs 14 really really got me.  HE WILL FEED US WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB.  So I camped there for a while.  Just started thinking and meditating on what this meant. And I got excited because I began to think that the heritage of Jacob was Jesus.  So we get to feed on Jesus, which is just absolutely wonderful.  But then, my spirit give me a resounding no, there is something else.  Here is what it is, what all of this leads to, what fasting leads to, what we get to feed on……Jesus was not the heritage of Jacob, he was the inheritance of Jacob.  The Heritage of Jacob was an OPEN HEAVEN.(Gen 28;32)

WE GET AN OPEN HEAVEN!!!!!  And not only do we get to receive an open heaven we get to feast on an open heaven! 

That’s all I am going say.  I really could go off and spout off what an open heaven really means what the implications of that are.  But I am not going to.  I think that I am going to leave this one up to God and your pursuit of Him  I guess that I would just encourage you today to seek what this means for your city, for your family, for youself.

He has given us an open Heaven guys lets feast on it!