Our Inheritance

3-13-11 Daily Devotions


“Our Inheritance”
(Heir Through God)




“4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, " Abba! Father!"
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?”
(Gal. 4:4-9)




In verse 9 it asks us, how can we turn back to the old ways? How can we behave and act like we are not sons of God? We still about acting as if there is no victory, as if there hasn’t been any redemption. In verse 7 it says that we are no longer slaves. We need to behave and act accordingly. We know God now. More importantly God knows us. Yes that’s right, God knows us. Act as if you know that you have been redeemed and that you have inherited god’s kingdom, his power and his glory, through the gift of redemption and the gift of the Holy Spirit






I will wake up each day thanking God for his inheritance. I will act on that fact throughout the day and know that I have been redeemed back to him. I am a son of God and have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide me.






“Mighty God. Thank you for the gift of redemption. Thank you for your grace. I am assured of your love for me. I will act on it and behave in a manner that shows that I am a Son Of