“ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God , and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together .“–Rom. 8:17
“…we are the Lord’s.“- Rom. 14:8
“The LORD is my portion…“- Lam.3:24
“…For all things are your’s.”- 1 Cor. 3:21
Here is a marvelous truth, a miracle of the highest sort, and a mystery of unequaled importance—born of God we become the children of God, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. And, as strange as it sounds, we become God’s and God becomes ours. We are both possession and possessor! We are His and He is ours. That is a position beyond compare or comprehension.
As we gaze upon the universe and behold it’s wonders we can say “it is mine”. And if we gather all the diamonds and pearls, and extract all the silver and gold from the earth we can say “I have more”. But it gets even better. We can say of a truth, “we have more and better–we have God“! Think about that. More than His creation and His blessings, we have God Himself. Dare we then ever complain that we are deprived? No Christian is poor, nor helpless or hopeless. In Christ we have all and the Creator of all! That gives us reason to rejoice. And it is of great importance that we remember this.
Once we discover who we are and what we have in Christ our attitude about everything changes. We never view our past, present, or prospect the same again. As an old song says, “It’s different now!” It really is! We are different and we view everything differently. Suddenly, regardless of our circumstances, we have blessings unknown to the world— things hoped for but unavailable and unattainable without Christ. The split second that we place our faith in the atonement provided by Christ shed blood we have acceptance with God, access to God, aid from God, and the attention of God. What could be more amazing than that?
Today I might have to endure a serious problem, engage a strong enemy, encounter a sinful temptation, or experience a sad loss, but, with God, I cannot have a bad day. Because of my position in Christ I can “Rejoice in the Lord alway..”(Phil. 4:4). Regardless of how fierce the storm, or how high the waves, or how strong the wind, or how dark the night, or how severe the pain, this is a good day. And I live everyday with the assurance that the best is yet to come. At a time of God’s own choosing, I will leave this troubled old world and enter into the fulness of my inheritance as a joint heir with Christ. Until then I’ll keep rejoicing.
