We're God’s Inheritances!
"I pray that you may know what is the
hope of His calling, what are the riches of
the glory of His inheritance in the saints."
Ephesians 1:
18
A grandfather tells his grandson that in his will
he's leaving the young man a piece of property.
But then he says something
unexpected: “This
property is your inheritance, my gift to you. But
I also want you to know that you have been my
inheritance; you
have been God’s gift to me.”
Apostle Paul uses both senses of inheritance
in Ephesians 1. In verses 13-14, he says the
Holy Spirit is the “guarantee of our inheritance”
our eternal life with God which is His gift to us.
But then in verse 18, Paul speaks of
“His inheritance in the saints.” In some
mysterious way, God sees us, His
saints, as His eternal inheritance.
Just as the grandfather found pleasure and
joy in the life of his beloved grandson,
so God
“takes pleasure in His people” (Psalm 149:4).
On days when you find it hard to take pleasure
in your behavior or potential, know this: You are
God’s inheritance, a source of pleasure and joy
forevermore (Psalm 16:11).
"An inheritance is not
only kept for us, but
we are kept for
it".
Richard Sibbes
