Romans 8:18-30 NIV
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
We live in a world that is in decay. Yet all we suffer through and endure today is nothing if we compare it to heaven.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
We have hope and faith in things to come. I am convinced that I will be redeemed and get a new body one day. However I don't have it yet so I wait patiently. If I had seen this or I could physically prove this it would not be faith.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Essentially we speak baby talk when be pray. We rarely know haw to articulate what we want. The Holy Spirit who lives in us an knows us better than we know ourselves, is also the Spirit of God and therefore knows God. He communicates out thoughts to God in ways words cannot express.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
"This is for your own good." We have all heard that phrase. The same can be said for believers. There are no accidents in your life. Everything that happens, does so for a purpose and God will work all those out in time. We may not even see what that purpose was this side of heaven.
Look at what God has done for us. He chose us, predestined us, called us, justified us and glorified us. Is there anything in this list that we did or do? One does not earn any of this. It's all about what God did.
God Bless.
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