Glory In Us

Romans 8:18 "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."

I feel myself shy away from the thought of glory being revealed in me. I know my faults, my failings, my evil, deceptive, desperately wicked heart. How could there possibly be any glory within me?

Clearly, it's not because of anything I've done, or can do. It's because of the transformation that God has wrought within me. That transformation does not yet appear in full. Creation is earnestly waiting "for the manifestation of the sons of God." There will come a day where we will finally become all that we were meant to be. Creation and our very souls are groaning, anticipating that day. "...waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."

There is glory within each and every child of God. Because of what He has done for us, these failing bodies will be redeemed one glorious day. What a day of rejoicing that will be! It is not us, but rather Christ in us, the hope of glory.