Joni And Friends 9 April 2024 Devotional Message
Joni and Friends 9 April 2024 Devotional Tuesday Message. As you study today’s devotional, remember this; “Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT)
TOPIC: A Really Big Inheritance
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.” – Ephesians 1:18
You could use up a month of Sundays thinking about all Jesus secured for us. That’s what the Scripture for today talks about—our inheritance.
It all began in the garden with Adam and Eve and their decision to disobey. We lost innocence and our right to rule—everything, really. However, God had a plan, a plan that involved the cross.
But wait…Jesus did a lot more at the cross than buy back our innocence. He didn’t purchase our redemption just so we could get back to the garden and be reinstated alongside Adam. Thank heavens, God had much more in mind than that. The Father’s marvelous plan was that we would end up as co-heirs not with Adam but with Christ. We don’t gain Adam’s innocence; we gain Christ’s righteousness! For “the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!” (Rom. 5:15).
If God had in mind merely to restore us to our state in the Garden of Eden, we would, like Adam, be children of God and subdue the earth. But as believers in the Lord Jesus, we are a brand-new creation. Our inheritance with our elder brother, Jesus, means that we will rule over not only a new earth but also the new heavens. All the treasures of the heavens that belong to the Lord will one day belong to us as well.
Adam and Eve could never have hoped for that. Theirs was a state of bliss and innocence. But secured for us is a state of joy and righteousness. We are much more than co-heirs with Adam. There are so many things that happened at the cross to thank God for. Take a few minutes to do just that.
PRAY: Father, touch my heart so my gratitude would abound for all you have done.
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