Heir of God

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Galatians 4v6-7

Galatians has been reminding us since the very start of our freedom in Christ. It stresses that being a Christian is a blessing, not a burden. Then, Paul describes the blessings. God is our living Father, He provided us with a tutor to show us our need of Christ, When we were saved He clothed us in Christ. He adopted us as His children. Now we can call Him Daddy. And since He is our Daddy, we are His heirs through Christ.

What does it mean to be an heir? It means that we have an inheritance laid up for us. We are, if you will, in His will. But His will is a blessing – it is some kind of marvellous “Living Will” where the death of the Great Testator has already been accomplished through Christ.

The entire inheritance is already mine in Him. Now it acts something like a trust fund, where I can draw on the interest, but one day I will receive the full inheritance. It is already “incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven” for us.

An heir of God. What an amazing thought!