GROANERS - One Bread, One Body, 10/26/2021

Tuesday, October 26, 2021,

Romans 8:18-25
Psalm 126:1-6
Luke 13:18-21
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GROANERS
"Yes, we know that all creation groans and is in agony even until now." —Romans 8:22

After the first sin was committed, a groan was heard for the first time. Adam groaned in his labors; Eve groaned in her labor pains (see Gn 3:16, 19). Both groaned when they saw the first dead body ever: the body of their son Abel, murdered by his brother Cain (Gn 4:8). This groaning grew increasingly worse until the whole world groaned (Rm 8:22).

Eventually, there came a Man Who groaned like the rest of us, but also unlike the rest of us. His name was Jesus. Like us, He groaned because of His sufferings and those of others. Unlike us, when Jesus groaned, things got better instead of worse. For example, Jesus groaned and said “ ‘Ephphatha!’ (that is, ‘Be opened!’),” and at once a deaf-mute could speak and hear (Mk 7:34-35). When Jesus groaned, it was different. Finally, He groaned when He died on the cross (see Mk 15:37). This resulted in Jesus’ Resurrection, His Ascension, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit, like Jesus, groans in a different way. When He groans, He makes intercession for us (Rm 8:26). This results in conversion, forgiveness, repentance, healing, freedom, and new life. “We ourselves, although we have the Spirit as first fruits” (Rm 8:23), continue to groan inwardly. However, it is different now. “The sufferings of the present” seem “to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in us” (Rm 8:18).

Prayer: Father, may I groan with hope.

Promise: The kingdom of God "is like mustard seed which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a large shrub and the birds of the air nested in its branches." —Lk 13:19

Praise: Bedridden Marsha can no longer speak, yet she still prays in faith.

(For a related teaching on Lord, Teach Us to Pray, order, listen to or download our CD 57-3 or DVD 57 on our website.)

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