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✨ For the LORD’s Portion is His PPL

There are moments when a truth doesn’t just sound good—it settles you.

Lately, it’s been this:

“You know me.”

Not as a question.
Not as a fear.
But as a realization.

We read in Deuteronomy 32:9:

“For the LORD’s portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.”

And if we’re honest, that’s hard to fully take in.

We’re used to reaching for God as our inheritance.
But here, God flips it:

We are His.

His portion.
His inheritance.

Known… and still chosen

When David responds to God in 2 Samuel 7, after being promised an everlasting kingdom and a Father-son relationship, he says in awe:

“You know Your servant.”

And what’s striking is this:

This is before Bathsheba.
Before Uriah.
Before plotting Uriah’s murder and having him killed.

David isn’t speaking from a place of recovery—
he’s speaking from revelation.

“You know me… not just who I am, but who I will be—what I will do… and You still said that. You still promised. You still committed to being my Father and establishing my kingdom forever.”

Jacob, not just Israel

God doesn’t say, “Israel is My inheritance.”
He says Jacob.

Jacob—the one still wrestling.
Jacob—the one still becoming.

Which means God is not waiting for a perfected version of us to claim us.

He’s not saying:

“When you get it together, you’ll be Mine.”

He’s saying:

“You’re Mine… and I knew exactly who I was choosing.”

This is who God said He is

In Exodus 34:6, God proclaims Himself:

“The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in steadfast love and faithfulness…”

That’s not just a description.

That’s the foundation.

So when He says:

  • “You are Mine” (Isaiah 43:1)

  • “Jacob is My inheritance”

He’s not speaking apart from that nature.

He’s speaking because of it.

Known vs. performing

In Matthew 7, Jesus says something that stops you in your tracks.

People come to Him saying:

“Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons, and done many mighty works in Your name?”

And His response:

“I never knew you.”

They had the works.
They had the language.
They had the activity.

But they didn’t have this:

“You know me.”

And that’s the difference.

Because this has never been about what we do for God—

It’s about being known by Him.

Not working our way into relationship.
Not performing our way into belonging.

But recognizing:

We are already His.

Identity that lets us rest

To say:

“I’m the LORD’s portion.”

is not pride.

It’s agreement.

But it only becomes rest when we realize:

  • He chose us knowing us fully—past, present, and future

  • He claimed us before our worst moments ever unfolded

  • He committed to us based on who He is, not what we do

This removes the pressure to perform for belonging.

Because belonging was never on the table to earn.

“You know me”

That phrase hits different when you see it this way.

It’s no longer:

“God, if You really knew…”

It becomes:

“You knew… all of it… and You still called me Yours.”

He didn’t wait for Israel.
He chose Jacob.

He didn’t react to our life.
He chose us already knowing.

And the same God who said,
“You are Mine,”

is the One who declared who He is—

merciful, gracious, faithful, and full of steadfast love.

So we rest.

Not in what we’ve done,
not in what we’re doing,
not even in what we will do…

but in who He is,
who He was,
and who He will be.

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