Futility

September 19, 2008

It’s been very humbling this week to prepare a message for Sunday morning on sin and judgment.  One of the things that I want to draw attention to is that God’s judgment is not only future, but present, through the presence of death, the futility and bondage of the whole natural creation, and the degradation of human behavior.

I saw this photo on CNN’s website, and couldn’t help but think of Romans 8: “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.”

What a picture of futility.  The owners of this house had a home of theirs destroyed by Hurricane Rita in 2005, and now house is the lone one left standing in their section of Gilchrist, Texas.

It was a sad reminder that the whole creation is groaning, in bondage…but mercifully, redemption is coming!

Posted by Larry | Filed Under Random Musings, Seeking Him 

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