"The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance. Joshua 18:7
Something that frustrates me to no end is working day-in and day-out and having nothing to show for it. Many days it seems that all my effort is wasted because it feels like the paychecks last a little less each month. Much of this feeling is natural. Children are expensive! The older they get, the more they cost. (They are well worth the expense, I might add.) And if you are like most middle-class Americans, more and more money is paid on debt every day.
Even so, we have so much more than most of the world. A middle-class American is considered wealthy by the standard of a vast majority of people. At the end of our lives, we at least have something for our children to divide. Many children across the planet get nothing more than a funeral bill.
I wonder if the Levites resented their inheritance. They worked day-in and day-out in the Lord's service, and what did they have to show for it? They had cities in which to live and pastures upon which their flocks could graze, but nothing else. No land was considered theirs. Their children had no place they could call their own.
The truth is: the Levites had the better deal. Serving God for a lifetime is greater than owning a piece of property for all eternity. He is our whole reason for being. What a privilege it is to glorify Him.
Father, help me to seek a proper inheritance. Help me to reach the end of my life and pass along a legacy of relationship with the Living God. You are so much more than anything the world offers. Show me Your glory today.