Fri.’s Devo - Predestined to be Sons

Read Romans 8:19-30 All creation is watching and waiting in anticipation of the sons of God to manifest on the earth. What does that mean??? He explains it in the next verses. It is because one day all creation is going to be delivered from the bondage of dying and decay into life and liberty. All creation is groaning and travailing for that very thing. We, as God’s creation also groan within our selves to become whole. How many times do you see a person in a wheel chair or with a deformity and want to put your hand on them and pray for them to be healed. That is a small part of this groaning. We all want to see the miracles that Jesus did done through our hands during our time on earth. That is part of what this is talking about. The other part is the desire to go to heaven. We all have that even though we also want to continue living because this is all we know. But, we are saved by that very hope that there is eternal life. Hope is to believe there is something coming that is better. When we have hope we are willing to patiently wait until we get it. We can only imagine what we are hoping for, but the Holy Spirit knows exactly what we are hoping for. He will help us know how to pray as we wait. He will intercede for us out of our groanings for something better. We do know this: that God works all things for our good. God, who knew us before we were born predestined us to be his sons. He not only predestined us, but he called us, justified us, and glorified us. He has already done all these things because God writes the beginning from the end. In other words he wrote our end first then he filled in the middle. Is. 46:10 says that God declares the end from the beginning. When God puts his blessing on someone the end is much better than the beginning. Lord, may your will be done in us. May we come forth as sons that bring life to death and healing to decay.