Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:12
The ASV renders the term ‘hath made us meet’ as ‘has qualified us’. Amazing, isn’t it, that we would ever be qualified to receive a heavenly inheritance. How could we ever qualify for such a position? We couldn’t, of course. Our text tells us that it is our Heavenly Father who has qualified us.
The first thing that we think about, of course, is that we are qualified for Heaven. To enter that celestial realm we need to get rid of our sins (and our sinfulness) because Heaven is free of sin. We were qualified to enter Heaven the moment we were saved, because ‘the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin’ (1 John 1:7).
But our text tells us that our qualification is for much more than a Heavenly home. It tells us that we qualify for a share of the inheritance with all the saints of God. How much is the inheritance? It is enough to make Bill Gates and and Warren Buffett and all the other members of the billionaires club look like pitiful beggars!
I remember as a lad learning Sunday School choruses, including one that went like this: He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the wealth in every mine, He owns the rivers, the rocks and rills, the sun and stars that shine. Wonderful riches, more than tongue can tell, He is my Father so they’re mine as well. I know that He will care for me.
I think of that chorus every time I see the cattle on the hills surrounding the town of Sussex… they remind me of my inheritance. Look around you, you will see evidences of the inheritance for which your Heavenly Father has qualified you. -Jim MacIntosh