Our Potential

Ode on Intimations of Immortality
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,Hath had elsewhere its settingAnd cometh from afar;Not in entire forgetfulness,And not in utter nakedness,But trailing clouds of glory do we comeFrom God, Who is our home~William Wordsworth
Take a moment to ponder this beautiful poem. The author, William Wordsworth, was trully inspired when he wrote this poem. It sums up God's Plan for the Salvation of his children perfectly, at least in my opinion.
Each of us, our physical and spiritual bodies, were created by God in his image."So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Genesis 1:27
And because of that simple truth we are children of God."The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:" Romans 8:16
And since we are children of God, We have the same potential God does."And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."Romans 8:17
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."Revelations 3:21
Why is it so hard to believe that a Loving Father in Heaven, A God, would want his children to have the same things he does. Any earthly father wants his children to have the best."Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"St. Matthew 7:9-11
I testify that God is our Father and we are his children and if we choose to have faith in the Holy One of Israel and overcome all obstacles through his help, than we can have the privilege of obtaining that potential that God sees in each of us.