Romans 8:15-16
"For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Reading this Scripture for me recently has brought new meaning for me. As I'm striving for a life of simplicity, and can sometimes grumble and be discontented by the things I think I don't have, this verse encourages me to put my eyes and heart on what is unseen like in 2 Cor 4:18
- "For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as
we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are
unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that
are unseen are eternal."
God reminds me in Romans, that Jesus and his perfect obedience, and taking my sin upon the cross to bear the punishment of it, and then being raised from the dead, He has secured an inheritance for me. This boggles my mind! Me - once an enemy of God, now not only forgiven, but a "fellow heir with Christ"! Christ, who is the Son of God! This is not just any ordinary inheritance, but I have become an heir of God! Anything I think I'm giving up in this world pales in comparison to what God has promised me in eternity because of His son. The inheritance is being kept for me in heaven:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." - 1 Peter 1:3-5
I can rejoice in the promise of our Faithful God!
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