Rich in Possessions

Our conception of the riches in His possession is limited. If we fill the hands of a child full of glittering coins, that little one may look upon them and consider them as great riches. The great ones of the earth count themselves rich when they can add millions to millions, houses to houses and land to land. If the whole world were to belong at some time to one person and that one had possession of all the gold and silver, all the precious pearls and every costly stone, all the treasures of art, even all the treasures yet hidden in the mountains and hills of the earth, how rich that person would be. It would be impossible to calculate the riches of such a one, yet in comparison with Christ Who was incomparably rich, that person would still be but a poverty-stricken beggar.
What does it mean, He was rich in possessions? Let the Scripture give the answer. For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him. "Colossians 1:16
In these Words we find a description of the
Riches of the Son of God.
All things belong to Him, for He created them; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is the Creator of all things, and because He is, they belong to Him, they are His and they consist by Him. "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." Psa. 241 None other than Jehovah, the One Who ever was in the bosom of the Father, He it is Who speaks in another Psalm: "Every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof "Psa. 50:10-13
Again He says through one of His prophets, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine."Hag. 2:8
And then the great sea with its fearful and mysterious depths: of the sea with its mighty waves it is written, "The sea is His, and He made it." Psa. 95:5
How great are His possessions; for this earth He created with all its wonders and beauties and they all belong to Him.
But His riches are greater still. He created the things that are in the heavens. What a wonderful world it must be which is above! Well did the holy spokesperson cry out through the Spirit of God, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork" Psa. 191 But what are these things that are in heaven? What are these stars and suns? The human eye can obtain but a few glimpses of that wonderful creation. There are stars and planets hundreds and thousands of times larger than our earth.The sun is over a million times larger than our planet. It is a marvelous, incomprehensible ocean of fire. And yet the star Sirius has, it has been calculated, a force of light equal to over 140 suns like ours. Stars there are at such a wonderful distance from our planet that light, though traveling at 180,000 miles a second, ten million and eight hundred thousand miles a minute, or six hundred and forty-eight million miles an hour, takes several thousand years to reach our earth. There are great mysteries hid in the impenetrable depths of the universe, which no telescope can reach.
We can only wonder and exclaim, "How great is God's creation."
And in the heavens are the innumerable angels; their number is "ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands."Rev. 5:11 And all this, He, Who is the image of God, created and by right of creation they are all His; all belongs to Him. How rich He was in all eternity!