The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Luke 15:31,
"My son,… you are always with me, and everything I have is yours."
Here is the comment made by the father of the prodigal son to his brother. You will recall the brother was disheartened to see his father celebrate the prodigal's return home, as he had been a faithful son to his father and felt he had never been recognized for it.
The father points to the joy he had from gaining his lost son back, but this did not diminish what he felt for his faithful son in the least. He says, "everything I have is yours." The analogy of this in what is ours in Jesus Christ is stunning.
We are told we have an inheritance in Jesus Christ that is simply glorious, "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Ephesians 1:18-19. We are told we will enjoy divine pleasures eternally, "You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:11. We share in the inheritance of Jesus Christ as God's one and only Son, "Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:17.
We will live eternally in the presence of our Creator in a new order of things that transcends anything we might desire here on earth, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:3-4.
What awaits us so far transcends anything we desire here that Paul says we cannot even imagine it, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him". 1 Corinthians 2:9, in his quote of Isaiah 64:4.
As the prodigal's father told his brother, "everything I have is yours", so I see our heavenly Father saying to each of us who have embraced him in faith the very same thing!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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