Promotion To Glory

Romans 8:18-21’I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.’

If we consider the glory that God has kept for us, then the worries of this world will not move us. The glory of God is incomparable.
All of us will face different levels of troubles while on Earth. 

One day during Jesus’ earthly ministry, a few people came and questioned him.
Matthew 22:23-28‘ That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”’

Jesus’ reply was that there are no marriages in heaven. Every one will be like angels. 
We have read many passages in the Bible of angels visiting people and places. And each time an angel visits, there is a great glory revealed. 
Angels are carriers of the glory of God. Man too had the glory of God in the beginning. But sin made us fall away from the glory of God. 
Romans 3:23 ‘for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,’

When God created Adam, he was full of glory. We find it written that he was clothed in glory. 
Psalms 104:2 ‘The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.’

The glory that God has kept for us is so amazing that Paul says in Romans 8, ‘I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.’

All of creation waits for the people to be saved, to become the sons and daughters of Christ. Like a woman in labour, the entirety of God’s creation eagerly waits for the birth of children of God.

Who are the disciples or children of the Most High?
John 8:31 ‘To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.’
Not just believing but staying strong in the faith and in the Word is what our God expects from us.

We need to live a  life that is lived with a perspective of eternity. Forget about everything that is behind us. And look at what is in front of us.
Philippians 3:19-21 ‘Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.’

This should be our goal. Otherwise a person is short sighted. Focus on what God has kept in store for us. Focus on the heavenly things and not on the limitations of the earthly things. 

This Earth gives birth to glorious sons of God. During labour, women can give birth to one, two or three children at a time. But the birth of children of God are numerous. It is not countable.

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