Free From Bondage.

Rom 8:21  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

Rom 8:22  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 

Rom 8:23  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. 

Rom 8:24  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? 

Rom 8:25  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 

The bondage of corruption- how well we know what this is. We are all familiar with being bound to decay, to death. We know all too well our life without hope. Without hope we are truly in bondage all through our lives. We have death to look forward to as we walk this life, but with hope we have life eternal. There is liberty in being a child of God.  All of creation was lost, without the hope of salvation, completely and utterly lost.  And now, we wait for the redemption of our bodies, for our adoption to be finalized. Truly we are saved by HOPE in our Savior and His promises.  And hope that is seen isn't hope.  If you are hoping for a puppy, and you get that puppy, you no longer hope for that puppy. We wait for our redemption, and that redemption will be realized when our Savior returns.  If this is our true belief then we will WAIT PATIENTLY for it to be realized.

Waiting patiently, playing the long game is another name for choosing to wait a long time for something. But waiting for salvation isn't a game at all, it is truth, it is reality. We have to live this hope, it needs to be a reality to us in all we do.

We may have been in bondage, but our hope, the hope that our Savior gives to us frees us from all bondage to the things of this world. Our hope in Christ, our adoption by the Heavenly Father is real.

Let us LIVE IN HOPE, LIVE IN CHRIST all through the Holy Spirit, all through LOVE.

In Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior now and forever, let this be our reality!