Those Who Love God

Jesus Is Lord
Imitating Jesus
The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

Romans 8:26-30

The Message

^26-28 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
^29-30 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.

For Reflection

We all suffer.  God suffers with us.  We pray and God prays in and for us.  We all wait, understanding our time.  God waits. His time is not our time.  Wait for God. He is with you.  Take comfort in his presence and in knowing that all hope will be realized.

Pray

for unending hope.  Pray for the confidence in your faith that will carry you through the trials in your life. Pray that you will actively seek the joys in your life to carry you through troubles.  Pray that you will see God transforming all that is in your life to the glory he intends for you.