- Eternal Heritage
Psalm 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
We have a sure word and a promise sealed many times over from the Scriptures: we have because of Christ been given an imperishable inheritance kept in heaven. We are fellow-heirs with Christ. What Christ receives from the Father we also receive for we are identified with Him by faith. We have been promised and guaranteed a heritage forever, eternal in the heavens. In the meantime while we wait we were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance.
In addition to the promised Holy Spirit, in this present time we also have the Word of God. Jesus assures us that while heaven and earth will pass away the Word of the Lord will never pass away; it endures forever; and so it logically should endure forever, because it contains eternal promises. The Word and all the promises it contains endure forever. So do I, and I take God’s Word as a heritage forever.
When the Holy Spirit through the Gospel builds such a simple and enduring faith in my heart these words are the rejoicing of my heart. Joy and rejoicing are close to us at all times and we may reach out and take hold of His Joy any time. When we need a lift, when we need joy in the heart, we may stop what we are doing for a minute, go to that holy, quiet place within and listen to the words of promise, the Word of the Gospel once again. There are hundreds of ways of expressing the Gospel; that is why we need to be familiar with the Bible and all its pages so we can learn all the different ways of expressing and experiencing the Gospel. But we may hear the same words over and over and they never get old: “Jesus loves me; this I know.” Listen until joy floods, and refloods, the heart.