'Not only do we have an inheritance stored up for us, but we are of such value to the Creator that we are stored up for Him to the praise of His glory. This is the worth of the soul. And this is the answer to our pining.' _MichaelKelley
I’m not a musician, but even I know “O Holy Night” best for the impressively high notes on the scale the song reaches as it closes each verse. The story of the composition of this carol, however, is one laden with irony.
And isn’t this the state in which we all once found ourselves? Pining away, lost and dead in our sin, in our deepest and darkest and most silent moments acknowledging if only to ourselves the great despair of the human condition. And a big chunk of that despair comes, at least in our felt needs, of wondering if there truly is anyone in the universe that values us. That loves us, even when they know us deeply. So, in our sin and error, we pine on.
He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory. Do you see the difference? In this verse, “inheritance” isn’t talking about God or heaven; it’s talking about us. We are the inheritance. So who is inheriting us? Who is waiting for us? Who considers us so valuable? It’s God. We are God’s inheritance.
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