In the first chapter of Ephesians, Paul prays something worth noting when meditating on the Scripture.  Interestingly, he prays for our eyes of understanding to be enlightened so we might know some things.  One such thing involves,

Ephesians 1:18…………………. what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

I am intrigued by the part that speaks of the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

What exactly does that mean?

It’s easy for me to grasp that I’ve been bought with a price, the precious blood of Christ!  I get that He is a rich treasure indeed.

But here, it speaks of riches of glory based on His inheritance in the saints.

I see this and ponder it in submission to the Holy Spirit and come away with my mind blown at the idea that I, along with others such as you who have been born again and follow Jesus and thus are called saints, are part of the riches of the glory of His inheritance.

It’s so easy to think of Him and value Him greatly because of His great sacrifice, but then the why of His sacrifice comes into view.  There had to be something about our redemption that greatly appealed to Him.  There was something of beauty to the new creation we would be that is considered a rich and glorious inheritance for Him.

With that in mind, we should never again consider a born-again follower of Jesus as being ordinary.  There is no such thing as a worthless new creation.  We all make up the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

2Corinthians 5:16   Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

It has been stated in history by men of God long ago that if we could see the spirit man, made new in Christ as he really is, we would be captivated with awe and wonder.

There is an inner beauty to who we are In Christ, and Christ being in us magnifies that beauty.

Perhaps if we were to see what He sees when we look in the mirror, we might be able to walk in who we truly are in Him more fully instead of often seeing ourselves according to the flesh.

Would seeing yourself as part of the riches of the glory of His inheritance change anything about how you live right now?

In order to be and to do according to His good pleasure, a person must know what they are and who they are.  If there’s any confusion and uncertainty about this, a person will struggle to be and to do.  It is about knowing your identity and having it settled about being in Christ and being new, which will empower you to live a different life than you did in your former days before coming to know Jesus.

I encourage you to know who you are, whose you are, and what you are now that you are in Him so confidently that you live out that reality.  You are part of the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.