Last time we spoke about having the
fullness of God's power on the inside of us. We spoke of standing
up in all that we are in Christ. We are already ordained as God's
children and we need to start acting as if we believe it. We need
to roam this earth, knowing who we truly are. When we know who we
truly are, we will not be sad when people belittle us, we will not
be downcast when we do not get the promotion, and we will not try
to be someone that we are not. We won't. We will walk in the
fullness of everything that is ours already. The Word tells us that
because we are God's children we can walk with confidence in our
inheritance. Please look at the following Scriptures with me:
"In Him also we have
obtained an inheritance..." Ephesians 1:11
"...giving thanks to the Father who
has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in the light." Colossians 1:12
"And whatever you do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord
you will receive the reward of the inheritance;
for you serve the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:23, 24
"The Spirit Himself bears witness
with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then
heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ..." Romans 8:16, 17
We are heirs of God, with an
inheritance beyond this world. Sit still and think about this
statement. You are an heir of the Most High God, an heir of the
King of kings, an heir of the One who literally owns anything. If
you truly realise that, you will never be jealous again of anyone
that has the potential to inherit a great sum of money from their
earthly father. You will never again be worried about your own
finances and how you are going to make it. Your Father in Heaven
doesn't want you to worry; He doesn't want you to be anxious for
anything, but to rejoice in everything and to give thanks to Him
for His provision and care.
He is our Good Shepherd; He brings
us to green pastures and leads us alongside peaceful rivers. He
looks after His sheep, He tenderly cares for us. Have you ever seen
stressed out sheep, worried that their good master would not look
after them? Stressed out that they will not have enough? No, the
master provides. And if there is not enough water or grazing
fields, he will worry about that and take care of it for the sheep.
He worries about that, not the sheep. Now fortunately for us our
Master will never worry that there is not enough for us, because He
holds the whole universe in His hands. And because He does, we can
know that He will look after us too.
I read the autobiography of George
Muller. He lived about a century ago and started several orphanages
and preached all over. And never once did he ask people for money.
He never asked donations for the hundreds of orphans he was looking
after. He decided to trust in God and make all his wants known to
Him and to Him alone. He decided to trust God 100% to look after
him and those entrusted in his care. And you know what, miracle
after miracle after miracle happened. It is encouraging to read
that God never once let him down. He never once left his side, but
always provided. He spoke of how they once had literally no food to
put in front of the hundreds of children in the orphanage. He
didn't tell them that, but told them to sit down and to thank God
for the food. Just then a horse cart over turned close to the
orphanage and the man didn't know what to do with his fresh produce
whilst fixing his horse cart, so he knocked on the door of the
orphanage and gave them more than enough to eat.
Isn't God good? I think the time
has come that we need to start really trusting in Him. As I read
through the Psalms I realised how many verses there are about
trusting in God. Several and that is significant. We need to look
up to Him as our Provider. After all He is our Father and He has
all the resources of the universe at His finger tips. He is mighty
to save and to help. We are co-heirs with Christ and therefore all
things are ours. I would like to end off with 1 Corinthians
3:21-23. Go and read it and meditate on it and allow the peace of
God to overflow your soul.
"For all things are yours:
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death,
or things present or things to come - all are yours. And you are
Christ's, and Christ is God's."
Thank you Father for blessing us
with so much. Thank you that we needn't be worried, because You
look after us. We rejoice in that fact! Thank you for Jesus in our
lives and that He is so loving and kind. Thank you for giving us so
much, we trust in You and in You alone. We glorify Your mighty
Name. Amen