Focus on God’s Goodness-Inheritance

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Focus on God’s Goodness is found in Colossians 1:12 to 14.

“Giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.  For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

This is reality for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ. When we call on Jesus to save us from sin, He is faithful to answer this humble prayer with His supply of grace. He places His righteousness on us, and roots out the impurities in our heart. That is how He qualifies us to inherit the riches of His kingdom and to experience His forgiveness. Because of God’s lavish love for us, we can know the treasures of His grace. Some of those treasures can be known today. Others will be inherited later when we see Jesus face to face.

The Inheritance of the Saints reveals the goodness of God and is a reason to give thanks in the Year of Gratitude.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com