Contemplative Bible Reading

Romans 8:16-17a (New Living Translation)

16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs.

Simple statement. I struggle to understand it. There seems to be a great promise here.

The Spirit of God affirms that we the believers are God’s children. And children means we are heirs. Here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, if the last living parent dies, the living children inherit equal shares from the parent. The living children are heirs.

If God were to die, each child of God, i.e., all believers from all the ages, would inherit an equal share. God, however, doesn’t die. So, what good is it to be an heir of God? An heir of a billionaire $$$ lives knowing that one day, they will be a billionaire. Financially, that is a huge promise that affects how the heir lives.

As an heir to God, maybe one day I inherit the gazzilions of $$$ God has. Or something like that. I told you I struggle to understand this. I also told you there is a great promise here. So, as a believer I can live knowing that I will inherit gazzillions. Well, maybe not that kind of money, but that kind of blessing…

I struggle to understand all this. I know, however, that I am a child of God and a full heir. That is a blessing.