FRIDAY April 19, 2024
An Obtained Inheritance
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:11-12
Notice the next recorded blessing for the Christian in Christ is that they have obtained an inheritance. Believers are heirs together with Christ and of His Kingdom. I like that! The word inheritance means “to award by divine lot” or “the portion God assigns.” It can also refer to “the eternal blessedness in the consummated kingdom of God which is to be expected after the visible return of Christ.”
God not only has an inheritance waiting for us, but He also has a purpose and plan for our lives that is being divinely directed according to the counsel of His will. Rest in the fact that His counsel and will for our lives is best. His plans for us have been set in motion because we have first placed our trust in Him. The word trust means “to hope in advance,” “by confirmation,” or “first trust.”
Understand, the reason we have obtained an eternal inheritance is because we have first placed our faith and trust in Jesus Christ. In 1 Peter 1:3-5, we find a beautiful description of our eternal inheritance reserved for us in heaven:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time (1 Peter 1:3-5).
Believers in Christ have an eternal inheritance to look forward to.
The confidence that heaven awaits us should fill us with a glorious hope.
~John MacArthur~
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