Everyone is Included!

SCRIPTURE
Ezekiel 47:21-23
21 "You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who have settled among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe the alien settles, there you are to give him his inheritance," declares the Sovereign LORD.


OBSERVATION
It is clear that God wants to make a way for those who are not born into Israel, be a part of Israel's inheritance. This is clearly a foreshadowing of the incredible extension of God's love to the WHOLE WORLD when Jesus came. This is not the only place in the Old Testament, where the Israelites are reminded to include the foreigner who has decided to live among them. But what is most interesting here is that the foreigner is to be given a portion of the inheritance of the Israelites!


APPLICATION
God makes a way for all those who desire to be a part of His Kingdom! He also gives us our "fair share!" He includes us in the inheritance distributed to His children, because He considers us as His children! We are a part of His family and treated, not as half or step children but as whole sons and daughters without distinction. How awesome!

PRAYER
Thank you God for including us in the inheritance of your people! Thank you Jesus for making a way!