One of the blessings of being a child of God is the blessing of dwelling in His house; I call it dwelling in the Big House. David declared in Psalm 23:6, “I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.” As a child of God dwelling in the Big House, you are perfectly aligned for all His spiritual blessings. Many people however do not accept this blessing; they are still dwelling in a little house with a very limited perspective. It is hard to see all of God’s blessings, much less believe they are for you if you are still living in the little house. In the little house you sit in the same little chair, and eat the same old stale bread. In the little house you are bound by what others think and what they say. There are only two rooms in the little house - these rooms are called fear and doubt. When you go into these two rooms, all you hear is “I probably can’t do it” and “I doubt I ever will.”  The choice is yours.  You can move into the Big House, or be content to just stay where you are in the little house.

If you have been a Christian for many years, you should have matured to the point where you have embraced your full inheritance.  You should know by now that you belong in the Big House surrounded with all spiritual blessings. You should be enjoying all the benefits of being an heir, a joint heir with Jesus Christ. And by now you should also be carrying out your Father’s business as heirs normally do. God is in the blessing business and He wants His children to carry on the family business and bless others.

Stuck in the Little House
Many people are sixty years old and still stuck in this little house. The little house is much like the house you grew up in. It is in this little house that you were groomed and prepared for the day you would walk out the door and begin to walk in your destiny. Your father had the awesome responsibility of affirming and calling you forth into maturity before you left his house. But if you were not blessed and affirmed you may still be waiting for affirmation. If you did not hear him say, “I love you, and I am so proud of you” you may be stuck in the little house. The words your father said or did not say can keep you stuck for many years, trapped in the past. When you are trapped in the past and still waiting for these words to be spoken, you cannot move forward. Many people are stuck still waiting for the words of affirmation that they never heard. They are unable to move forward and embrace the blessings God has prepared for them. Are you living in blessings of the Fathers House or are you still stuck in the little house.

This simple exercise will help you determine where you are living.
Think for a minute of the words that were spoken to you when you still lived at home.
Did you receive words of affirmation?
Did you receive words of encouragement?
Did you receive words that built you up and gave you hope?

Even in a loving family many times there is a void of affirmation. Words are spoken that tear down a child’s spirit. Words can bind you up and shut you down and keep you from believing that God wants to bless you. When you release these words, then you can receive God’s Word and take you place in the Fathers house.

The Prodigal
For the prodigal to regain his rightful place, he had to go back home and make things right with his father. We are sons and daughters of God and our Father is calling each of us to take our rightful place. God has made it possible for all His children to live, abide and dwell forever in His Big House with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly Places (Ephesians 1:3). You have a seat with Christ in and a big banquet table is being prepared. Our loving Father watches and waits for us all to come home. But like the prodigal son, we too must make things right with our earthly father. If you haven’t made things right, then your blessings are hindered.
 
“In thy presence there is fullness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore” Psalms 16:11.

Leaving the Little House
So how do you get out of the little house?  How do you lay aside the lies you have believed that keep you in the past? You start with the words that bound you up or tore you down instead of building you up. You will feel like a child as long as you stay bound by the words that were spoken as a child. (Read I Corinthians 13:11)

 I am a parent of three children and I know I have said many hurtful things to my children, and I have asked for their forgiveness many times. Forgiveness removes the words from their mind like clearing a garden of weeds. I believe parents should check their children’s garden daily just to see if any lies have been planted. Many times parents do not even realize how the things they say affect their children. A parent can say one thing and a child hear something entirely different. I am not blaming parents in this exercise - my goal is to uproot the lies and heal the hurts.

Allow your Father God to up root every lie that you have believed and plant His Word of Truth. Find scriptures that tell you what your Heavenly Father says about you. You can start by reading Ephesians 1:3-5.  God’s Word will always build up, restore, and heal. The Truth of God’s Word will dispel all the pain of the past and the lies of the enemy. But God’s Word must be applied directly to the hurt, just like medicine to a wound.

Write out Ephesians 1:4 and make it personal, “He has chosen me.” And Ephesians 1:3,”I am blessed with all spiritual blessings” Other scriptures can be written out and personalize and then put to memory, one scripture at a time.

The Big House
Like going to any new destination, you will need a vehicle to get you to the Fathers House; the only vehicle that will get you there is the vehicle of faith. 

It’s only by faith that we enter into the Fathers House- the Big House where we receive our full inheritance. By faith you take your rightful place as a son or a daughter and a joint heir with Christ. As you read the Word and by faith receive the Word as Truth you will find yourself dwelling in a new place, a higher place, high above the old life you once lived.
Galatians 4:1 says as long as we are a child, we are as a servant or a slave; but when we put away the childish way of thinking- the old lies, we can by faith receive our identity and full inheritance.

“Now I say that an heir as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he is Lord of all.”  Galatians 4:1
  

Before faith, you are still a child - thinking, feeling and acting like a child. (1Corinthians 13:11) living in the little house. Now is the time to get into the vehicle of faith and travel to the Big House, the Father’s House where your full inheritance awaits you. You no longer are a servant or a slave, you have been redeemed and you are now an heir - a child of God.

“God sent forth His son… to redeem them that were under the law that they might receive the adoption of sons. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 4: 4,5,7)