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We are Children of God with an Inheritance to Claim

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By Max Lucado

In Summary: We are joint heirs with Christ. We share the same inheritance as Christ! Our portion isn’t a pittance. We don’t inherit leftovers. We don’t wear hand-me-downs. We aren’t left out in the cold with the distant cousins. Christ’s portion is our portion! Whatever He has, we have! Think what this means. Jesus cashed checks out of a boundless account. Grudges didn’t corrode him. Despair didn’t control Him. Mood swings couldn’t touch His joy. His conviction was bulletproof. He was the Fort Knox of faith. And when we give our hearts to him, He hands us his checkbook.

Nashville, Tennessee—yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12). We are joint heirs with Christ. We share the same inheritance as Christ! Our portion isn’t a pittance. We don’t inherit leftovers. We don’t wear hand-me-downs. We aren’t left out in the cold with the distant cousins. Christ’s portion is our portion! Whatever He has, we have! Think what this means. Jesus cashed checks out of a boundless account. Grudges didn’t corrode him. Despair didn’t control Him. Mood swings couldn’t touch His joy. His conviction was bulletproof. He was the Fort Knox of faith. And when we give our hearts to him, He hands us his checkbook.

Then how do we explain the disconnect? If we are coheirs with Christ, why do we struggle through life? Our inheritance is perfect peace, yet we feel like a perfect mess. We have access to the joy level of Jesus yet plod along like dyspeptic donkeys. God promises to meet every need, yet we still worry and fret. Why? I can think of a couple of reasons. We don’t know about our inheritance. No one ever told us about “the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:19).

No one ever told us that we fight from victory, not for victory. No one told us that the land is already conquered. Some Christians never live out of their inheritance because they don’t know they have one. But now you do. Now you know that you were made for more than the wilderness. God saved you from Egypt so that he could bless you in the Promised Land. Moses had to remind the people that: “God brought us out from there, that He might bring us in [to Canaan”. (Deuteronomy 6:23).

There is a reason for our redemption too. God brought us out so He could lead us in. He set us free so He could raise us up. The gift has been given. Will you trust it? Ah, therein lies the second explanation for our weaknesses. We don’t believe in our inheritance. That was the problem of Joshua’s ancestors. They didn’t really believe that God could give them the land. The Glory Days of the Hebrews could have begun four decades earlier, a point God alluded to in his promise to Joshua: “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses”. (Joshua 1:3).

The reminder? I made this offer to the people of Moses’ day, but they didn’t take it. They chose the wilderness. Don’t make the same mistake. Joshua didn’t. Much to his credit he took God at his Word and set about the task of inheriting the land. Do the same. Receive yours. Are you living out your inheritance? Or are you living like your Glory Days aren't yours to claim?  What is keeping you from living the Promised Land life? Leave every "I can't" behind. Set your "God can" ahead of you. It's time to enter your Promised Land!

New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado, through his new book, “Glory Days,” and the study of the (Book of Joshua) life of Joshua, he suggests that you will learn to leave fear and worry behind, overcome rejection, and deal with doubts through God's Word. Max Lucado invites you to leave the wilderness and discover a life defined by grace, refined by challenge, and aligned with a heavenly call.

A glimpse of what People Are Saying about Glory Days is as fascinating as it is incisive. Max Lucado has done it again! “In his new book, Glory Days, Max is encouraging a generation of Christians to live out of their inheritance, to fight from victory, and to take God at his word. Max reminds us of all that we have in Christ and the necessity of faith and obedience in the face of trials and difficult circumstances,” says Greg Laurie, senior pastor, Harvest Christian Fellowship; founder, Harvest Crusades. Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author, The Circle Maker; and lead pastor, National Community Church writes: “In classic Lucado style, Glory Days unpacks what it means to know that God fights for you—and how that knowledge will change every part of your life. This is a message the Church needs and a reminder every believer can use.”

“After a tough season of ministry, my wife and I decided to study the Book of Joshua to renew our outlook,” says Dr. Corbit Magby. He adds: “That afternoon, Glory Days by Pastor Max Lucado arrived. God's timing is perfect. Pastor Max has been a pastor to us. He has used this ancient warrior to encourage our souls for the journey, strengthen our arms for the fight, and bless our hearts for the Glory Days. Our best days continue to unfold. Thanks for saying what God knew we, and our church, needed,” Dr. Corbit Magby, senior pastor, Church on the Hill, University Place, WA, states.

Source: Devotionals Daily, HarperCollins Christian Publishing.