The strength to endure everything patiently
while at the same time joyfully giving thanks comes from investing our
inheritance before fully inheriting it, which means we spend the profit of the
future on the deficit of the present. This is where the last will and testament
is challenged for while we have no objection to God in Christ being reconciled to
us we question the “all things on earth” part for there are plenty on earth we’d
rather not include in the reconciled to God inheritance. And therein lies the
rub. If through the blood of the cross God is reconciled to all things, then we
as one of the all things on earth must be reconciled to the other all things,
whether we like it or not. So enduring patiently might mean enduring our own
limited vision as much as the difficulties presented by the other “all things
on earth” not that happy about our being included in the inheritance. I imagine
the only one laughing at the reading of the last will and testament of the One
in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell will be God upon seeing the
faces of the all things on earth surprised by who is included in the all things
in heaven.
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