And then he goes on to say that, “They are not worth compared with the glory that we will be receiving.” Well, what is that glory? That glory is our adoption as sons, as Brett talked about in the last message on Romans, the Abba father, our adoption as sons. “I consider that our present sufferings,” Paul writes, “are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” He’s acknowledging that there are these present sufferings. We begin with this summary statement in Romans chapter eight, verse eight. First, let’s talk about why creation groans. The whole creation groans, we groan and the Holy Spirit groans. In our texts, we’re going to see that three things are happening. And so I just have this sense that there were centuries of pain that bubbled up in that singular moment where we embraced and a release took place, a release that was the result of the sufferings of this world. He didn’t have a father who built stories into his life.
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I’m not sure how to fully describe what happened, but my dad did not have a father to mimic. I said, “I love you, Dad.” And he said, “I love you too, son,” and a reconciliation took place that day. And after what seemed like an infinite 30 seconds, we drew back from each other and we both had these warm salty tears running down our cheeks. It became an annual tradition.Ī few years after we started the tradition, one day as we were walking out of the restaurant, I’m not sure why I did it, but I just said, “Here, Dad, let me give you a hug.” And before I knew it, he had moved in on me and he had wrapped his arms around me and he was hugging me like a grizzly bear and he just let out this deep primordial groan. One day I invited him to lunch on his birthday and he said yes. I had run away from home at an early age, quit high school in the middle of my senior year, joined the Army, and I wanted to be reconciled with my dad. When I was in my mid-30s, I wanted to be reconciled to my father and mother. And that’s because the bible talks so much about it. It seems, like frankly, about one out of every three talks I give has something to do with suffering. When you look around, there is a lot of groaning going on in the world today and not for no reason, right? I know that it just seems like it’d be nice if we could find asylum in some kind of idyllic country where pain and suffering had been outlawed, had been banned, but of course that’s not our reality.
Please turn in your bibles to Romans chapter eight, verse 18.
Today, we’re going to be talking about the subject When it feels like your sufferings will never end.
Welcome to Man in the Mirror Bible Study. When It Feels Like Your Sufferings Never End
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