The Great Inheritance

“The Great Inheritance”

By Zach Wood

1 Peter 1:3-4 NLT

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

How often do we stop and seriously consider what our life in Christ really brings us?  Maybe we go to church every Sunday, hear a good sermon, attend a Bible study and meet up with some church friends through the week to have a fun time.  While this is good, we so often get into a “churchy” routine and we forget how truly amazing our life in Christ is.

We can get so caught up in the things we have in this life on earth that we forget the great importance of what we have in Christ.  Do we live in great expectation of all that He can do through us and with us?  Do we wake each morning with a wonderful feeling of “Okay Lord, what will be new today?”  Many of us wake each morning with nothing but feelings of anxiety, stress, worry and guilt.  Our minds are loaded each day with anything anticipation of what God can do. 

No matter what some of us may have inherited in life, there is no greater inheritance than what Christ has waiting for us in heaven.  All that waits for us can never spoil, fade, change or decay.  This inheritance is completely priceless.  Nothing in the world could ever compare to the life we have in Him and the life that is to come when we go to be Home. 

As much as I enjoy the time I have with my family each day and time with friends and other family throughout the year, there are some days when I think about how wonderful it would be to just be Home with God.  I am thankful for His great mercy and the salvation I have through Him.  I desire God to do great things each day and to show me new things about life and great discoveries. 

I want to live in great expectation everyday for what He can do and appreciate all that He has done.  Are you and I thankful for the great inheritance and life we have in Christ?