Visualize your inheritance
The 5 Verbs of Learning: Imagine
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:29
Let’s look at the promises of God that permit a massive deployment of labourers:
God told Abraham to look at the heavens and count the stars, and said, “You will have descendants like that number”. What a massive scaling he promised. God wanted to bless him far beyond what he could ask or imagine even though he was childless at the time. Then in Psalm 2:8, a psalm for the Messiah, there is a wonderful invitation: “Ask of me and I will give you the nations as your inheritance …”
Both promises had a condition: count and ask. Both had a magnificent result: the nations like the number of stars. But can we claim these promises that were directed to Abraham and the Messiah? Today’s verse says, “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to the promise.” We claim as our joint inheritance all that was promised to Abraham and to Christ: all nations to the ends of the earth as our legacy.
For Reflection:
- What do you want to ask for when you look at the stars?
- How do these promises make you feel?
Make Life Count:
- Imagine your family and friends reading your will after you are dead. What spiritual legacy will you have left them? Start building that legacy today.
- Tell us about the legacy you hope to leave.
Thirsty for More?
- Memorize Galatians 3:29
Counting the stars…
