My Daddy is Rich!

I'm sure most of you are going to immediately think Camryn has come up with this line and think it's funny. Most of you know that MY daddy is not rich and Jason ain't rich either. None of us are. It's not a line out of Camryn's wandering mind. It's truth spoken through the Bible. When I say my daddy is rich, I mean my heavenly daddy...God. You see, as a child of God I am joint heir with Him. What's His, is mine. I haven't ever really given this much thought until this week. Our SS teacher talked about it Sunday morning. A young man in our church talked about it Sunday night. Beth Moore talked about it in my devotional today. I'm thinking there's a theme here. Maybe even a lesson to be learned? I don't believe I've heard this scripture 3 times in 2 days just to ignore it. Galations 4:7 says, "Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.". Have you given that any thought? Joint heirs with God. Wow!! Everything that is His, is ours. It's mine! I'm not just talking money here people! Read these...Phillippians 4: 19 (rich in glory), Eph 1: 7 (rich in grace), Eph 2:4 (rich in mercy), Isaiah 33: 6 (a wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. I could go on and on. He is rich in everything we could ever want or need! In reading and studying about my rich Father, I think this verse hit home the most. Romans 8: 17 reads, "and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.". We've all suffered at some point or another. We all go through tough times. Lately it's been financially for a lot of people because of the economy. If you are suffering right now, this is good news. No, this is great news!! God's got this! He has what you need to get through this and to be a better person because of it. He promises that. He can take the very worst of circumstances and turn it into something beautiful. He doesn't want us to suffer. He doesn't sit there and think up ways to make life difficult for us. It's because of sin, we suffer. He allows suffering so that we might learn. So that we might grow and lean on Him. He carries us through and in the end we find ourselves blessed. Blessed beyond what our mind is capable of understanding. We find ourselves rich! The closer we get to Him, the more inheritance He gives to us. Now that's exciting! I want that! I want to claim what is mine through Christ. Beth Moore said, "As children of God we are getting stomped on by the enemy who has no right to take that kind of authority over us. You have certain rights and you need to know what they are and you need to exercise those rights.". Read up on your inheritance. It's empowering and exciting! The next time I start complaining about my struggles please smack me across the head and remind me who my daddy is! Who's your daddy? :)