I had a friend who recently received word that he was inheriting a vacation home on a lake from a distant relative.  He was excited and drove up to check it out.  When he got there he was gravely disappointed as the place was a dump.  No one had cared for the property in years and as a result it had deteriorated rapidly.  It had potential but needed hundreds of thousands of dollars of work which he didn’t have.  He ended up having to sell it for very little.  This is not the inheritance that Peter tells us about as children of the king.  We have a great inheritance in store.  Let’s look at I Peter 1 and see what he has to say about that.

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Peter reminds us of the great inheritance we have from God and ultimately the gift of our salvation.  While my buddy’s inheritance certainly spoiled and faded Peter reminds us that our is being watched over and cared for by our Father, God, in Heaven.  We may struggle and suffer now but we have a glorious “retirement” home waiting for us in eternity.  Thanks be to our Father for our great inheritance waiting for us.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave