December 2

My grandmother was born into a well-to-do family in Italy. Their prominence in their village was based in the fact that they raised grapes and olives from which they produced wine and olive oil. They had a thriving enterprise and my grandmother wanted for nothing as a young girl.

She followed her husband to America where her children were raised. She never saw her parents again but when they died, she anticipated an inheritance. It did not come because World War II intervened at the wrong moment in time. Italy and her new country, America, were on opposite sides in the war, and monies were not being transferred from Italy to its enemy.

Perhaps you have a similar story to tell—one of disappointed financial expectation. It may have been a ‘sure’ investment that did not produce the high rate of return that was anticipated. Perhaps it was a business enterprise that was undone by a scheming partner. Perhaps it was an anticipated inheritance that was bequeathed to someone else.

But there is one ‘inheritance’ that is promised to every espouser of Christ and it shall not be denied! Colossians 3:24 says, “Know with all certainty that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance which is your real reward…” Our assurance is that our God has provided something far greater for us than the things of earth that deteriorate. The inheritance of Heaven shall endure forever!