Inheritance

Hi Friends,

These past couple years I have been experiencing something wonderful. It’s the idea of inheritance. This is another concept that our Father in heaven created when He made man in His image. Scripture teaches us about the inheritance that God has stored up for us. Our enemy tries desperately to keep us from our inheritance and sometimes convinces us that we can never do the things that God created us to do. Well, Satan is a liar of the lowest degree. In fact, it is impossible for him to speak truth but we get caught up in believing lies which keep us from experiencing the pleasure of God in receiving our inheritance.

When I was in second grade I fell into one of satan’s lies which stole a great pleasure from my life for more than forty years. I had completed my piece of second grade art and as the teacher walked by my desk I said, “Hey look at my art.” My teacher must have been having a horrible day because she picked up my artwork and held it up for all to see and said something like, “Everyone look at this, this is something a kindergartner would do.” She slammed it back down on my desk and went on doing whatever it was that she was doing. I wanted to hide. It hurt. From that day on I sat in the back of the art class. I was convinced that I could not do art and decided that I would never do anything again with color.

The years passed. It was evident to me that God had given me an artistic viewpoint and ability in life. As some know He taught me how to build longbows which is quite unique and a beautiful, functional work of art. But all my life I have wanted to paint. I have stared at the beautiful work of talented artists, wondering at the brush strokes that combined to present a beautiful picture. Then I would turn away convinced that such things were not for me, my art was junk.

Since the advent of YouTube there has been an opportunity to increase my exposure to painting. My wife Judy observed the amount of painting video I was watching and for Christmas this year she and our son spent a pile of money on everything needed to paint. To me it was a breathtaking gift and, I thought, a little chancy for the amount of investment. I’ll never forget those first tentative brush strokes, convinced it would never work. I was amazed. The paint held its color and did not turn to gray and things began to take shape.

Over the past four months I am convinced that the Lord himself has taught me to paint. The painting above is one I finished this morning in the wee hours when I couldn’t sleep. I was able to worship. I was able to experience inheritance. God has an inheritance of beautiful things that He wants to pour out into our lives and all we have to do is ask, then do what He says.

Stop believing the lies. Receive the inheritance the Lord has for you.

His Kid, Your Brother

Ken