Ephesians 1:15-19 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power,
DAY 22—We travail, waiting for our full Redemption.
While we have considered that the work of redemption is finished, there is another aspect of it that we are yet to know. All creation is, as it were, in the pains of labor, to know full redemption. This will have its effect in all the earth, in all people. There is this also that we must know: what is yet to be known will issue forth from the work the Lord Jesus brought to completion in His death, burial and resurrection. And, we should add this, His ascension to the right hand of the Father. Add all that has been accomplished in Christ to the travail of believers, and the travail of creation, and we have a powerful combination. Yet, there is another element—an exceedingly powerful one—that joins with all the above. Actually, it supercedes them all. This is God’s Covenant Word. All these work together toward bringing the Day of the Lord onward. All are powerful. All embrace us who believe in Christ Jesus. All have the stroke of eternity lodged in them.
Romans 8:22—For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain (birth pangs) together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits (the first portion) of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the REDEMPTION of our body. NIrV—We know that all that God created has been groaning. It is in pain as if it were giving birth to a child. The created world continues to groan even now. And that's not all. We have the Holy Spirit as the promise of future blessing. But we also groan inside ourselves as we look forward to the time when God will adopt us as full members of his family. Then He will give us everything He has for us. He will raise our bodies and give glory to them.
FATHER, this is beyond my comprehension. But, this is sure: there is a longing in me for more than I have known. I see—oh, I see so clearly—there is a lack in me that can only be supplied by Your full presence. I cannot be satisfied till I know Your likeness. Please come upon me, and these others, by Your Spirit. Increase the longing in us all for Your Day, for Your glory that covers the earth, and for the redemption that heals us all.
The Cry of a Soul Longing for Full Redemption—Psalm 17:1-15
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