Priceless
Inheritance
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. And through your faith, God is protecting
you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be
revealed on the last day for all to see.
—1 Corinthians 1:3-5
(NLT)
Priceless. Precious.
Costly. This is how He regarded me, or He wouldn’t have paid the greatest price
for my life. How priceless, precious, and costly is He to me? Do I praise Him
with each breath? Do I live for Him
instead of myself? Do I treat His mercy and His grace as the most priceless
gifts He could possibly render? If so, I live this earthly life filled with
great expectation. If not, the thought of a priceless inheritance in heaven has
little meaning.
Earthly life decays. It changes
with each feeling. It presents circumstances that are sometimes beyond
comprehension. It often claims our thoughts and directs our actions. Life here
are earth tries to lure us away from our first love, and attempts to pull our
focus from what He has promised. Without Him, we are alone, and have little
expectation of our priceless inheritance in Him.
There is the priceless promise
of heaven—a place of the greatest peace. It is pure and clean. There are no
earthly struggles to tear apart. There are no feelings to destroy. No more weeping.
Only joyful reunion with our Savior and our loved ones. There we shall live in
freedom without constant battle against this world’s heartache. But it is now—here
on this earth—that we live for the expectation. It is here that we become
acquainted with the joy of what is to come. It is here we receive “His heaven
on earth” to carry us above earthly pain—to give us a vibrant hunger for His
promise.
Faith is the key to this
promise. When I believe—when I trust—when I surrender to His love, the Holy
Spirit empowers my time on earth. He protects and holds me safe in His promise.
One day I shall no longer only partly know Him, but I will know Him entirely—as
He has always known me. But for right now—for this moment—for this day, I
choose to live His power. I choose to live His humility. I choose to live His
grace. I choose Him, because He regarded me as priceless, and chose me.
My last day on earth will
come. My last breath will one day be drawn. And He will take me from the wonder
of His love I have experienced on earth into the wonder of His promise in
heaven. Death will be swallowed in victory. From glory to glory, joy will yield
to greater joy. Earthly purpose will no longer have any meaning. Expectation shall
receive its promise, and my inheritance shall be priceless.
© 2018 Lynn Lacher
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