Inheritance

After my Mum and Dad died they left me an inheritance which was enough to put down a deposit on a new house. The deposit wasn’t the full price of the house but it did mean that we could move in begin to live in it. God gave Adam an inheritance in the garden before he sinned; a commission to bring the earth under the rule of God.  He made man in His image and told him to be fruitful and take dominion. But when Adam forsook his calling he also lost his relationship as a be­loved son and the beauty of being in God's image. He lost his inheritance, his divine covering and his destiny in God's purpose. For a while.

Now as returning prodigals we are given it all back.  Relationship, acceptance, life from dead, clothes of righteousness, a ring of authority and shoes for inheriting what God has provided. It’s fantastic but no matter how great this life is on the earth now, the greater inheritance is still to come, when the meek shall inherit the earth. Our experience of the Holy Spirit now is only a deposit. It is the first investment God makes into your life and soul, but it is only a guarantee of the full inheritance he has for us, at the redemption of our bodies when Jesus come back.

Friend, when we get to live literally in His presence, we won’t be walking by faith, we’ll be seeing Him face to face.   No more through a glass darkly but we will be perfectly known by him. In eternity, He will show us the full inheritance of His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.