Heavenly Possessions

The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. Revelation 21:7 

D.L. MOODY
After the Chicago fire, I met a man who said, “Moody, I hear you lost everything in the Chicago fire.” “Well,” I said, “you understood it wrong; I didn’t.” He said, “How much do you have left?” 
“I can’t tell you; I have got a good deal more left than I lost.” 
“You can’t tell how much you have?” 
“No.” 
“I didn’t know that you were ever that rich. What do you mean?” 
“I mean just what I say. I got my old Bible out of the fire; that was about the only thing. One promise came to me that illuminated the city a great deal more than the fire did. ‘He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son’” (Revelation 21:7). 
You ask me how much I am worth. I don’t know. You can’t find out how much a child of God is worth. Why? Because he is a joint-heir with Jesus Christ. The weakest, poorest child of God is richer than a Vanderbilt because he has eternal riches. The stuff that burned in Chicago was like the dust in the balance. Joint-heir with Jesus Christ! That is what the eighth chapter of Romans teaches us.

ERWIN LUTZER
I love this story. D.L. Moody could have taken out his pen and added Romans 8:32: “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” Jesus was raised again and seated in heaven that He might redeem and bring many sons into glory. In this life, we begin to receive some of the benefits of Sonship. In this life we receive the drop, and in the life to come we’re going to receive the ocean. In this life we receive the flower, and in the life to come we are going to receive the whole garden.

PRAYER
Father, thank you for making me a joint heir with Christ. Keep my focus on heavenly riches.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What is the danger of focusing on earthly riches?

What inheritance does God promise to those who belong to Him?