DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 7 DECEMBER 2021 — Gains For Our Groans
DCLM Higher Everyday 7 DECEMBER 2021 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Gains For Our Groans
TOPIC: GAINS FOR OUR GROANS
TEXT: ROMANS 8:22-28
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 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.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
MEMORY VERSE: “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” (ROMANS 8:23).
MESSAGE
Our devotional today opens up the matter of the general pains humanity goes through as a result of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the hope of the saved on earth when their bodies would be redeemed from the grave (resurrection of believers) and adopted by our Father in heaven as children.
Also Read: Open Heaven 7 December 2021 – You Want To Prosper? Fear God
For now, the saved, Jews and Gentiles, still groan in pains of hunger, thirst, disease, death and all forms of catastrophes. Hence, the hymn writer wonders:
“Does Jesus care when my heart is pained Too deeply for mirth and song;
As the burdens press, and the cares distress,
And the way grows weary and long?”
Praise God the refrain says:
“O yes, He cares, I know He cares! His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Saviour cares.”
We should not allow our present light afflictions to becloud our vision of heaven with all that our Saviour has promised the Church. When we get to heaven, all the groans and pains will be forgotten as the joy of seeing and being with Jesus takes over.
QUOTE: He cares.
CHALLENGE: It is better for you to suffer now and gain the future glory.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to finish well.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
