Monday, December 6, 2010

Redeeming a broken Body.

We ourselves . . . Groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:23

This groaning is common among God's people: To a greater or lesser extent we all feel it. It is not the groan of murmuring or complaint: It is a note of desire rather than of distress. Having received a deposit, we desire the rest of our portion; we are sighing that our entire manhood, in its trinity of spirit, soul, and body, may be set free from the last trace of the Fall; we long to discard the rags of corruption, weakness, and dishonor and to be clothed with incorruption, immortality, glory—the spiritual body that the Lord Jesus will bestow upon His people.

We long for the manifestation of our adoption as the children of God. "We . . . groan," but it is "inwardly." It is not the hypocrite's groan, by which he would make men believe that he is a saint because he is wretched. Our sighs are sacred things, too holy and too personal for us to broadcast. We keep our longings for our Lord to ourselves. Then the apostle says we "wait," by which we learn that we are not to be petulant, like Jonah or Elijah when they said, "Let me die"; nor are we to whimper and sigh for the end of life because we are tired of work or wish to escape from our present sufferings till the will of the Lord is done. We are to groan for glorification, but we are to wait patiently for it, knowing that what the Lord appoints is best.

Waiting implies being ready. We are to stand at the door expecting the Beloved to open it and take us away to Himself. This groaning is a test. You can learn a lot about a man by what he groans after. Some men groan after wealth—they worship money; some groan continually under the troubles of life—they are merely impatient. But the man who sighs after God, who is uneasy until he is made like Christ—that is the blessed man. May God help us to groan for the coming of the Lord and the resurrection that He will bring to us.- Charles Spurgeon

Yeah, don't you worry, I haven't become an amazing writer overnight. Although if my heart could speak everything that is inside with the words it dreams of spilling it would come onto a page just like this- thus why I am sharing it. Partly why I am sharing it on blogger, facebook sees tumblr now, some people don't like to see that heaven is the only place that I really want to be. the more I live the more I realize that Jordyn Ellyse was not made for planet earth, but rather a heavenly kingdom. And now it is only for the day that my body is redeemed that I live for, the day that I look my Savior in the face and with one look every tear I've ever cried is suddenly forgotten and the pain that right now I can't remember living without I then would never be disabled by but will be dancing for my Lord who has found joy in me and for years has rejoiced over me...even in this state.

Oh, for this day. Let us live. For we will be redeemed, we already have, but a better hope is coming.