The Inheritance of Daughters.

During the allotting of the land, dividing of the inheritance, that Moses had to do in the Promised Land; there arose a unique quandary. There was a man, from the tribe of Manasseh, named Zelophahad who had five daughters and no sons. He died in the wilderness. These five came to Moses about their father’s inheritance. They wanted to keep their Father’s name for posterity and did not want to lose his inheritance. Moses took the matter to the Lord. ( Numbers 27)

The girls received their father’s inheritance and that posed another problem: When they get married, their inheritance would go to their husband’s family and so the inheritance will be lost to the house of their father, his tribe and family. It was then decided that when a daughter has an inheritance that she can marry whomever she wants but only in her father’s tribe, in order to keep the inheritance where it belongs. (Numbers 36)

I found in the story of Zelophahad’s daughters an answer and a warning to the quandary of women called of God with an anointing, a gift to serve the Father in the Kingdom. It is a quandary because it is out of the norm. It is usually a male who receive the call to preach, to work in the kingdom, blazing trails and establish the Kingdom of God on the earth. The ladies are usually in a supportive role. Just as in the times of Moses the men were the ones who inherited and the women were part of his family, and secondary to the inheritance.

Yet, God does call females with a Holy calling to do what traditionally has been done by males. And yes there has been, traditionally, an outcry by some who loves the letter of the law but not the author of it, against this. Still God does call women, young ladies into the ministry.   It is to those whom He has called that these 5 girls speak as an example. To those who have heard Him say: Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house; Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.(Ps 45)  It is to her who have an ought in her heart, who knows that God has gripped her soul that this is of importance.

Your calling is a Holy calling and you are separate from your sisters who have not been such apprehended. You have an inheritance from the Father which will be lost if you do not claim it. You have a position in God’s Kingdom to fulfill, and a place on His wall to build and defend. You cannot go the normal, traditional way. You may want to have it both, but it cannot be. You cannot have the traditional house, picket fence and Golden Retriever. You have the call of God inside of you. THAT is your inheritance.

It is your duty to protect it. It is your responsibility to protect it. You cannot marry someone who does not share the same calling and anointing with which you have been gripped.  Well, you can but you will suffer loss. You will forever be in a position of having to choose your husband or God. You will either loose the marriage or your call: Both extremely painful.

The call of God is without repentance… meaning it is never withdrawn. It is not a job offer that you can refuse. It is not a scholarship that you can let go. It is not a marriage proposal that you can deny. It is a Divine claim upon your existence that changes the very fiber of your being. It is the seal of God upon your soul that has a cry of its own. It is the “burden” that the prophets of old spoke about. It is the fire that was in Jeremiah’s bones. And you and I are just nor big and strong enough to kill it. It will never leave you. It will be in your dreams, in your spirit until you heed the call and fulfill it. It is a Divine Inheritance that cannot ever be returned.

When we marry a man outside of our tribe, not necessary an unbeliever, someone who does not share a call of God similar to our own, we are un-equally yoked. That yoke will become a prison sentence that chafes and scar and be like a continues torture. The opposites will forever pull you apart into two directions and your life, your inheritance, will be lost. That which you were given, the gift of God will be lost, and the Kingdom of God will suffer.

If you find yourself as part of the called ones, when you know that an apprehension has happened in your life, listen carefully to the voice of the Holy Spirit. The decisions may bring many tears in this life, but the inheritance has a reward that will outshine it all.