Joint-Heirs with Christ

Today I read the phrase "Joint-heirs with Christ" in my scripture discussion. It's a phrase I've read before, one I've heard repeated many times. However, today it spoke to me and comforted me. I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about how I contribute to the world. I listen to the terrible things going on around the world. Poverty, slavery, torture, death, abuse, and pain... and each time I hear about them I wonder if I'm doing enough. Am I making a difference? I'm not really helping end any of those things. I live my comfortable life, attend college, have an amazing job, and plenty of food each day. I've been blessed to attend an emotional health class and work through my own pain. And there's a part of me so ready to feel guilty for everything I have - things that others don't have. How do I come to terms with that? Life isn't fair the way the adversary would have us think it should be, but shouldn't it be a little easier?
I've been searching and praying for an answer. Seeking to know if there's something I can/should be doing to change the world in a big way. So today, I read that phrase - joint-heirs with Christ. How unfair is that? Jesus Christ made the greatest sacrifice, and the biggest difference for everyone on the earth. There is no one that can compare to Him. And yet, each one of us has been promised that we are joint-heirs with Christ.

So what makes me worthy to inherit everything that Christ will inherit?

I have not been called to atone for mankind. I haven't been asked to sacrifice my life to stand for freedom. I'm not blessed with wealth to begin charities and start rescue programs. There are people who are called, asked, and blessed with the courage and ability to do those things. But that isn't my situation. I doubt my name will ever be mentioned for heroic acts, I probably won't make a news story. My life is going to pan out pretty normally.
But! What is my calling? What have I been asked to do? What am I blessed with? I suspect I'll spend a lifetime fully answering those questions, but right now? Right now I've been given a voice. Right now I've been blessed to be able to increase in love. Right now I attend a school with 40,000 students - many of whom are lost in darkness. Right now? Right now I've been asked to live a life of light. Right now that means I’ll take my calling as a light-bringer a little more seriously. Right now I’ll smile more, speak up, and love as much as I can.
I can't see how what I can do will change the world. My calling doesn't seem grand or glorious enough to inherit Heaven with Christ, but He is the one who put me here. He knows what He needs me to do.

Right now that means I'm enough.

Scripture Reference: Romans 8:17

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