I am reading through 1Peter now in my devotional time and was intrigued by
the word “inheritance”. I have gotten little sums of money after my
grandparents went on to heaven but I was thinking life on earth with our hope
of heaven is more like knowing in advance we are going to inherit eternal life
in heaven but on earth we have been given a trust fund called Jesus Christ. A
trust fund is designed to be a holding place for your inheritance where a
trustee is in charge of doling out what you need allowing you to grow in
maturity before you are given your full inheritance. Our trustee is the Holy
Spirit. When we are in need, which is pretty much every minute of every day, we
should be asking the Holy Spirit to give us what we need. Because of the pain
and discomfort in my eyes, I have been tempted by food to be my comfort but
instead I have to ask the Holy Spirit for self-control and look to my Lord as
my comfort. Do you have a need that has come into focus lately? Stop now and
ask your trustee for a little help.
1Peter 3-5
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can
never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are
shielded by God’s power until the coming of salvation that is ready to be
revealed in the last time.
