“I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.” — Numbers 18:20

The Levites got no land. Every other tribe in Israel received territory — fields, vineyards, something to call their own. But God told Aaron and his sons: “I am your portion.”

That’s a strange thing to say. No property. No inheritance. Nothing to pass down to your children. And yet God wasn’t shortchanging them — He was giving them something the other tribes didn’t have in the same way. He was giving them Himself.

Hebrews 7 shows us where this all leads. Jesus is our eternal High Priest — not one in a long line of priests who grow old and die, but one who lives forever and never stops interceding for us. Because of Him, we don’t approach God through a system. We approach God as our Father.

Which raises an uncomfortable question: Where do you actually go when you need to feel secure? Most of us, if we’re honest, reach first for our bank account, our health, our relationships, our plans. Those things aren’t wrong to have. But they will all, at some point, let you down.

Christ won’t.

The gospel isn’t just about being forgiven or getting to heaven someday. It’s about getting God — now, fully, forever. That’s the inheritance. Not what He gives you, but Him.

So yes, thank God for what He provides. But let your heart go further than the gifts. The safest place you will ever be is not a circumstance — it’s a Person.

Prayer: Father, I’m too quick to look for solid ground in things that can shift. Thank you for Jesus — a High Priest who never fails and never leaves. Teach me to want You more than what You give, and to find in Your presence everything I actually need. Amen.