Glorious Inheritance

Thursday 19 October
READ: Eph.1:15-23  
MORE LESSON:  1 Pet. 1:3-6

There is a popular story about a very wealthy man who wrote in his will that his wealth be shared between his only son and the man's slave. The will permitted the son to choose only one item out of all that the man had and the rest would go to the slave. When the will was read, everybody was stunned and wondered why the rich man treated his only son that way. While the boy was in a dilemma for days wondering what to choose out of all his father's possessions, the slave called a party and began to celebrate in anticipation of the great wealth that would soon become his. But an old man called the wealthy man's son aside and counselled him to choose the slave since he was part of his father's property.

At first the boy remarked, “What will I do with the slave? I don't need him”. But after a second thought, he realised that the slave he was rejecting was the key to possessing all that his father left behind. If he chose the slave as the only one item he was entitled to, all that went to the slave would become his. He summoned the administrators to come over to implement the will as soon as this understanding dawned on him. Everyone who stood in awe broke out in celebration when he finally made his choice. Even the slave was surprised and caught unawares; the slave was the son’s glorious inheritance.

Do you know the one glorious inheritance that God prepared for you here on earth even before you were born? It is not the silver, gold and diamond. Even if all the gold mines of South Africa and all the oil blocks of Saudi Arabia were bequeathed to you, you will die one day and leave them behind. Jesus said, For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:36-37. This statement implies that there is something much more valuable than the wealth of the whole world put together, that is your soul.

Be like the wealthy man's son and not the slave in the story above. If you choose the world and the things therein, you will lose your soul. Hear what Jesus said, For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it: Mark 8:35. Choose Jesus today, and enter into all that God the Father has in stock for you in life. Choose Him today, and you will enter into your glorious inheritance.

Prayer/Action
*I choose Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, I believe in His name, in Jesus’ name.
*Pray that you will be a partaker of the glorious inheritance in Christ Jesus, in Jesus’ name.
*Pray for your unsaved friends, neighbours and family that they will partake in the glorious inheritance in Christ, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today I receive an error-free life, in the name of Jesus.