Qualified to Inherit

Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Qualified to inherit. Strengthened with all might according to his glorious power. unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness.

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints and light. Colossians 1, 11 and 12 Having been made strong with all strength through His glorious power, we are then enabled to complete the assignment that God has granted to us on earth. The power of God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. The same power displayed when God raised Jesus from the dead and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places is more often needed on earth for patience and long suffering with joyfulness. The word for patience in this text describes a quality of temper that does not easily succumb under suffering.

That emphasis is not merely a contextual byproduct. Much as a godly life demands a temperament that opposes cowardice or despondence. we should glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope. Many of our brothers and sisters in history suffered beyond human endurance, ultimately giving their lives for the kingdom of God. but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Therein lies the long suffering that does not hastily retaliate after a wrong. This temperament opposes wrath. and revenge. These godly traits, earned and experienced only while on earth, reveal us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

Now we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Later, he will present us Faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Jude 1, 24. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us.

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