The Great Glory That Is Awaiting Us

 Despite being in the midst of death because of sin, we have an assurance of great glory to follow, for we have been saved by grace through faith in Him. The present suffering and pain we experience in this mortal frame can never be compared with The Great Glory That Is Awaiting Us because we are in Christ.
 The moment we are born, we start a journey towards our death, and for the duration of this earthly life we inhabit a physical frame that marches on to an inevitable conclusion. Paul describes this as living in a temporary earthly tent which will one day be torn down, and as the previous chapter indicates, this may be due to persecution or suffering inflicted on those who are saved.
 The great comfort with which all God's children are comforted, is that this earthly body is not our permanent residence. The body we inhabit is simply a caretaker covering that will one day be replaced with a much better, permanent place of residence; a resurrected, glorified body. He has promised an eternal home in which we will be housed, an everlasting and secure heavenly dwelling-place which is ours by God's grace through faith in Him.
 As new creatures in Christ we have the assurance of our bodily resurrection, a house in heaven not made by hands, a dwelling-place that is not part of the old, fallen creation, but a perfect dwelling-place where will live eternally with our heavenly Savior.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for our lives and the knowledge that by grace through faith, we have been made new creations in Christ. Our earthly bodies will be replaced with a heavenly dwelling, not made with hands but formed and fashioned by our God and Savior. Thank You for the words of encouragement in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, that no matter what trials, tribulations, persecution, and pain we may have to face while living in our earthly tents, we have the assurance of a permanent building from God, an eternal house in the heavens. Keep us ever mindful that this world is not our home and that our citizenship and eternal inheritance is kept for us in heaven. Thank You that one day we will be dressed in immortality and be made like unto Jesus, our God and our Savior. Praise Your holy name, AMEN.