Topic: “KEEP IT UP” – Daily Devotional By Dag Heward-Mills Ministry 24 April 2020
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READ: Genesis 26:1-6
“And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.” – Genesis 25:5
Isaac successfully inherited his father’s ministry. He did not destroy the wealth that he inherited from his father. Isaac was unlike Rehoboam, who inherited everything from Solomon but lost it within five years.
A common mistake of those who inherit wealth is to inherit the wealth without learning the wisdom that created the wealth. Rehoboam inherited the wealth of his father Solomon but did not learn the wisdom of Solomon. His foolishness was seen at his very first cabinet meeting (1 Kings 12). He displayed a complete lack of tact and wisdom, the very thing that had created the wealth of Solomon!
Indeed, it is said that only two percent of those who inherit a fortune are able to make their inheritance grow.
Isaac, on the other hand, received a great inheritance from his father Abraham and continued the tradition by becoming great in his own right. The principles that had made Abraham rich were the same principles that made Isaac rich. If you do not learn the principles that made someone great, you will not be able to sustain the wealth he gives you.
It is obvious that Isaac inherited the principle of blind obedience to Almighty God. Remember that God made Abraham rich as he blindly obeyed him. Isaac did the same thing.
When the Lord told him to stay in a land when there was a famine, he was obedient. Through this obedience Isaac also became rich in his own right.