Romans - The Future Glory

The Future Glory

Romans 8:18-30

 

“...what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.” _{(Vv. 18-19)}

                  

                  I’m convinced that true patience is a gift from God. It’s probably true that everyone is patient to a point, but that last phrase negates perfection. At some point in time our human emotions take over and we begin to worry and fret about things that are transpiring in our life. For example, it’s pretty universal that no one really wants to wait for anything or anybody.  It affects both the saved and unsaved. 

            God’s promises are ‘Yea & Amen’, so when He makes a promise you can count on it coming to fruition. God’s timing isn’t the same as ours and that’s when we become impatient and begin to complain. Since we know we can trust God to do that which He’s said He would do, we can look at the waiting as the time our faith and trust grows. 

            I’m no different than any of you. I’m waiting for a certain promise from God to come about and it’s taking longer than I had first anticipated. Even though I’ve become very tired of things not materializing yet, I always come back to my spiritual roots and realize that I was never told when the promise would be answered. I must be patient and wait.

            Paul moves to the topic of prayer and the times we don’t know what we ought to pray. Scripture tells us one of the responsibilities of the indwelt Holy Spirit is to intercede on our behalf in words that line up with God’s will for us when we simply don’t know what to pray. In the end it is us who are to have the confidence in God’s perfect wisdom and timing.

            We find another promise from God to man in v. 28 when it says, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” That statement reinforces the idea that God can be trusted and relied upon to take care of all our needs. You see, we think we know what we need, but only God truly knows what our most important needs are and will meet them at the proper time and for His purposes. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing.

In His name & for His glory.

Richard Keller

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Resource: The Life Application Study Bible