Psalm 16:5a – Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. (NLT)

In early May, we will be relocating to a lovely acreage in the Tawatinaw Valley, Alberta, Canada. As I think upon all that such a move will entail, I become more and more aware of what will need to be packed and what will need to find a new home before we leave. For when we move about this earth, we take things with us — a wide variety of possessions: clothes and shoes, beds and bedding, dishes and cutlery, shovels and hoes, wheelbarrows and toys, books and files, and a multitude of much more, including children and pets, and trailers and even livestock. It is a really big deal for most of us to make an earthly move.

So, when I read today's verse, I was reminded about another move — our last move on this earth that takes us to our heavenly home. When we die, we take nothing at all with us to our new home, other than our souls. Yet, when we arrive, we will have everything, for the Lord is our inheritance!

Romans 8:16-17 – The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 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 share in his glory. (NIV)

Jesus is our cup of blessing, not only here as we walk and move upon this earth, but forever in heaven when we make that final move to be with Him eternally. In Christ, we have all things. We will need nothing more. He has gone ahead to prepare a place for us — a place where our hearts will overflow with joy and thanksgiving at an inheritance that we cannot now even begin to grasp or understand, for we will have the privilege of never coming to the end of knowing God, Who Himself is never ending.

May we thus, if we have not already done so, trust in Christ as our Lord and Saviour, forgiver of our sins and restorer of our fellowship with God our Father, so that when the time comes for our final move, we shall have no fear, only the peace that passes understanding that all shall be ready for our coming.

Prayer: Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You are our inheritance, You are our cup of blessing. Thank You that we are heirs of God, co-heirs with You to share in Your glory forever. May each of our hearts be prepared and ready for our final move from this earth to the place that You have prepared for us. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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Lynne Phipps <lynnephippsatlin@gmail.com>
Tawatinaw, Alberta, Canada
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