Glory

DEVOTION
ROMANS
GLORY
Rom 8:18-21
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. NIV

Whenever I peer into myself, I see absolutely nothing which compares to the glory of God. Now, of course I am to reflect him to the world, and I hope that my life resembles his character in some way, but my life, our lives are nothing, but a vapor in comparison to the eternal glory of God. It certainly appears these verses explain to me, the whole world is watching and waiting for something to happen, but how can that be? If only the world would understand, that is those who refuse to acknowledge God as their God, the pagans, the unsaved, and the non-believers, that God is the creator of the Universe and of them. If only they would acknowledge the truth and knowledge of God he placed within them from the beginning of time. But still without their even knowing it they are waiting for the sons of God to be revealed. I am so glad the Holy Spirit was able to wade through all the junk in my life, all the confusion, all the defiance for organized religion and even for God himself. Where would I be if it was not for His gentle voice calling me from the darkness into His light? I am convinced I would already be dead, and condemned to perish if He had not gotten through my thick mind and dull, even perhaps dead spirit. My life would have amounted to nothing, and still even being one of His now, my life hardly compares to what it will be in eternity. Praise God, Glory to God in the Highest. I am so grateful He is God.