According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (I Peter 1:3,4 ESV)
Eventually
I am not a good gardener. When I observe that my tomato plant needs water, I am impatient to see the effect of rain. When I notice that my apple tree needs pruning, I am impatient to find luscious apples immediately after the excess branches are cut away. When my calendar informs me that it is time to plant, I am impatient to see sprouts by the end of the day.
Sometimes I treat my inheritance from God in the same way. I want an end to sin yesterday. I want absolute proof of God’s mercy right now. I want faith to be unnecessary, hope to be unnecessary, and love to be overwhelmingly present immediately.
But my inheritance is absolute and secure because it is not primarily here… or now. It is in heaven.
We can have faith that even invisible to us, it is real. We can trust that God’s Word describes it accurately. We can love and be loved now, as a foretaste of the love we will live with in heaven.
But the inheritance is still coming. Otherwise, we would not call it an inheritance.
We are peculiar, our inheritance is grand, and is in heaven.