Now we go to that story that is seldom shared.
Not many believers even know about this story,
but it’s found in Numbers 27, where during the wilderness
journeying, this happened during the time of Moses
when they came out of Egypt.
And the Bible says there were some women called the
daughters of Zelophehad.
Their father had just died. And the father had no sons.
So they have no brothers.
Usually the son would take after the father, and the
first born will receive the double portion of his inheritance,
and the second born would receive other parts of the inheritance.
But here, this man has no sons. Only daughters, 5 daughters.
And their names are given here. They came to Moses.
And there is a law. It’s a law of that time
that the father will confer his inheritance to his son.
When the father dies, the son takes over. Amen.
The son inherits everything.
But what if you have no son? Amen.
So what happened was that these girls went to Moses.
And don’t forget, Moses is the lawgiver.
And they said this: “Why should the name”
“of our father be removed from among his family”
“because he had no son?”
“Give us a possession among our father's brothers.”
I love their spirit, don’t you?
“Give us a possession among our father's brothers.”
Because if not, what’s going to happen is that these
daughters of Zelophehad,
this man Zelophehad who has passed away—
his inheritance will go to the brothers or their uncles.
But instead, they said:
“Give us the possession that belongs to our father.”
Amen.
So they intended to change the law that was existing at that time.
So Moses the lawgiver was taken aback.
“How do I deal with this?”
Don’t forget! Moses is known as the lawgiver. Alright?
He’s thinking: “There’s no law that covers this. How do I…?”
So he brought the matter to the Lord.
Moses brought that case before the Lord.
“And the Lord spoke to Moses saying:”
“‘The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right.’”
I love it!
I love what the Lord said about them.
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak what is right.”
In other words, their words: “Give us a possession!”
“Give us a possession.”
“Let the possession fall on us.”
Those words went up to the throne of God,
to the very heart of the God of Israel.
And the God of Israel answered.
You know, wherever God finds faith, He is so pleased.
Because faith glorifies God.
And God will always honor faith.
Amen.
Every time you have a good opinion of God,
every time you pray as if God is hearing you,
as if God is answering your prayer.
I say: “As if.”
But we know, it is in actuality.
But when you have that posture and that attitude,
God is pleased.
“Without faith, it’s impossible to please Him.”
“For he that comes to God must believe that He is,”
“and that He is a rewarder.”
Not a taker, not someone who is a punisher. Amen.
Even the angels, when the angels appeared to the
shepherds in the field announcing the birth of Jesus,
they said: “I announce to you, this day is born to you in”
“the city of David a Saviour.”
Not a judge, a Savior. Not a lawgiver, a Savior.
Hallelujah!
So here, they said: “Give us a possession.”
And God loved that spirit.
It reminds me also of the times when Caleb had a daughter.
Remember Caleb? The man who lived to 85 years old.
He said to Joshua:
“I am as strong today as I was when I was 40.”
Imagine that.
He maintained his strength, his youthfulness, even though
he was now 85.
And he said to Joshua: “Give me this mountain.”
At that time, the mountain was full of giants.
And you know what?
He went up the mountain at 85 years old and conquered it.
And my book: “Give Me This Mountain”
is based on the statement of Caleb at 85.
“Give me this mountain.”
Just like the daughters of Zelophehad is saying:
“Give us this possession.”
God loves that spirit!
You know, too many of us, we have an inheritance.
It’s all delineated in God’s Word.
Yet we don’t take time to study what’s our inheritance.
For them, they’re not willing to give a hairbreadth away
of their inheritance, their father’s inheritance.
They say, “Give us this possession.”
And God loves it!
God always says: “Possess your possessions.”
It’s one thing for the possessions to be given to you.
But it’s another thing to possess your possessions.
God says: “Every place the sole of your foot shall walk”
“shall be yours.”
God promised the whole land of milk and honey to be theirs.
But God says: “Every place that you walk will be yours in actuality.”
Amen. God loves faith.
So when Caleb had a daughter called Achsah—
look at his daughter’s spirit.
She had the same spirit of faith like her father.
The Bible tells us in Joshua 15: “She dismounted from a donkey,”
“and Caleb said to her, to his daughter:”
“‘What do you wish?’”
“And she said: ‘Give me a blessing.’”
I love this spirit!
People say things like:
“There are a lot of Christians praying ‘bless me’ prayers.”
And they mean that in a disparaging way.
Let me tell you this: God loves “bless me” prayers.
Because unless you are blessed, you cannot be a blessing. Amen.
I think the idea is I’m only against ‘bless me only’ prayers.
Amen.
If we are being blessed, and we are blessed,
we can be a channel of blessing to many others.
Amen.
If you are sick all the time, and you are broke all the time,
you cannot help anybody, right?
So God wants to bless you first. Amen!
God sent His Son, Jesus, to bless you. Amen.
To turn you away from all your sins.
Praise the Lord. To bless you!
That’s what the Bible says very clearly.
The first thing is to bless you.
That was what was preached in the Book of Acts.
Hallelujah! Amen.
So God loves this spirit of: “Give me this blessing.”
When you look at the Scriptures, and you see all that God
has promised us, you must not be
having a lackadaisical attitude and just being like:
“Well, if it falls on me, if it happens to me…”
For example, God promised for our families and I pray that
for you, during this time especially, in Christmas time.
Amen;
That you and your families will experience days of heaven
upon the earth.
And this is found in Deuteronomy. Amen.
It’s possible to have days of heaven upon the earth.
Amen.
Recently, I experienced one of those days.
I just felt like that was one day I can say is a day of heaven
upon the earth.
And I pray for you in Jesus’ name, that today, Christmas Day,
and also the days to come, you will experience days of heaven.
It’s a family blessing.
It’s in the context of families, together experiencing
days of heaven upon the earth.
Hallelujah. In Jesus’ name. Praise the Lord.
And here, you have this attitude of:
“Give me this blessing!”
And she said: “Give me a blessing;"
“‘Since you have given me land in the South, give me also'"
Notice: "Give me, give me. Give me."
And God loves it! Look at her spirit of faith!
"Give me a blessing." She's like her father, isn't she?
“‘Since you have given me land in the South, give me also'"
“‘springs of water.’”
“So the father gave her the upper springs and the lower springs,”
Hallelujah.
Spiritually, anointing upon and anointing within.
Hallelujah.
God gave her more than what she asked for
through Caleb, her father. Amen.
She possessed more! Hallelujah.
There was someone who was called Jabez in the Old Testament.
And the Bible tells us when he was born, his mother
named him Jabez;
Jabez, in Hebrew, means “pain.”
“Saying: ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’”
So there was something that happened when the mother
gave birth to him. His name is Pain.
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel:
“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory.”
Notice: “Bless me.” How? “Enlarge my territory.”
God loves it!
God loves it when His people want more from Him. Amen.
“Enlarge my borders. Enlarge my territory.”
“Give me a blessing.”
The daughters of Zelophehad: “Give me possessions.”
“among my father’s inheritance,” Hallelujah.
God loves it when you go to the Scriptures
and you say: “God, this is mine.”
Amen.
“I receive that in Jesus’ name. I possess that in Jesus’ name.”
Possess your possessions. Hallelujah.
Peace of mind is your portion. Amen.
Peace is your inheritance. Possess it.
Days of heaven upon the earth. Possess it. Amen.
“By His stripes you were healed.”
Past tense. Possess it.
Possess it. Amen.
Thank God for it! Hallelujah.
So here, he says to God, he cried out to the God of Israel.
Don’t forget, the Bible says he was more honorable than his brothers.
We need to find out why he is more honorable.
Because he cried out to God!
Even though his destiny was named by the mother,
someone whose name is “pain,” he refused to accept his destiny.
He says to God:
“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory.
“Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm.”
"Keep me from harm that I will be free from pain."
“And God granted his request.”
What did God do? God granted his request.
Have you noticed that all these people;
they were all given their requests.
Cause faith pleases God.
Faith is never too bold to please God.
Faith pleases God.
Without faith, it's impossible to please God.
God loves it when you have a good opinion of Him
and you act on it.
Hallelujah. Praise God.