Romans 8:19
You’re not always going to stumble. You’re not always going to make a mess. One day you’re going to be completely grown. And look, I don’t mean that one day you’ll be a grown up. I’m not talking about your chronological age. There are plenty of adults who have tons and tons of spiritual growing to do. I’m talking about the fact that you won’t always be a person who struggles and backslides. Right now, you’re saved and forgiven and accepted and you’re growing, but you still have this magnetic pull toward the wrong things. It’s a deep and ancient part of your heritage as a human. The Bible calls it your sin nature and you will be engaged in a tug-of-war match with it for the rest of your time here on earth. One day, though, you’re going to take off that sin nature like an old coat, drop it on the ground and walk away from it completely. Right now it’s a fight, but on that day, it will be as easy and natural as changing from dirty, wet clothes into clean, dry ones. The Apostle Paul said that the whole creation knows that this is going to happen to you. Everything God made knows this day is coming and they’re all waiting eagerly to see you transform. From plants to planets, from starfish to stars, they’re longing for the day you leave crawling behind and walk tall forever. The creation knows about this day because Jesus told them it’s coming. He knows that you will soon be a sight to behold - beautiful, strong, radiant and filled with the Love that made the world. You’re not there yet, but soon you will walk.
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