"A COMMON GROANING"

"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." (Rom.8:22-23)

There are many common traits among believers and one such common trait is this matter of "groaning". How we desire and long for completion!
We grow weary of the warfare between the flesh and the spirit and we "groan".
Believers can easily relate to Paul's expression of "groaning" when he speaks of "not doing what he wants to do and doing what he does not want to do." (Rom.7)

I desire for that contrariness to be over! I "groan" for glorification, when there will be experiential unity in the wholeness of my being!

Also, I note that Paul refers to the "whole creation" in this passage. We also have commonality with the rest of the created order. It too "groans" for deliverance from the "bondage of corruption".

What a wonderful day it will be when the great deliverance is complete, when all of creation is free! The day when all that Christ has wrought will finally be experienced without any hinderance of sin and death!

One day we will have this new body which will never experience another evil thought, word, or deed!

I must keep my eyes on this sure hope. I cling to the precious promise given in Phillipians.

Here it is said...."For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself." (Phil.3:20-21)