Subject to Vanity

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. 

Primary Text

“For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship]. For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it --[yet] with the hope That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children. ” Romans 8v19-21 (AMP)

“For all creation is waiting patiently and hopefully for that future day when God will resurrect His children. For on that day thorns and thistles, sin, death, and decay—the things that overcame the world against its will at God’s command—will all disappear, and the world around us will share in the glorious freedom from sin which God’s children enjoy.” Romans 8v19-21 (TLB)

According to the Dakes concordance, the word, “vanity” used in Romans 8v20 (KJV), in Greek is “mataiotes” meaning disappointing misery. “Men became vain willingly, but became subject to misery unwillingly.” Romans 8v20 takes us back to the beginning, to Genesis, where Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the consequences of it. While it was a willful decision to eat of the fruit, the consequences were far from sweet. Even now, as people continually kick back against God, and establish their own value system of what is good and bad, as they lose the fellowship of God, and hide from His presence, misery, hurt, disappointment, shame… increases. But yet, there is hope, God works everything according to the counsel of His will and Jesus was sent to die for us, that through faith in Him, we may become children of God. Hallelujah!

Prayer

Father, may I never have cause to hide from Your presence in Jesus name, amen.