How to Keep Going (Romans 8)

When we’re talking about the current activity of God in our lives and on the earth, we’re talking about the activity of the Holy Spirit. If we’re in Christ, then the Spirit lives within us. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives within us.

When we put our trust in Jesus, we are changed. We are no longer slaves to sin but alive in the Spirit. One of the ways Paul tries to convey the significance of the indwelling spirit is through the language of adoption. We are chosen, permanently part of God’s family.

This passage also tells us that the Holy Spirit, even now, groans over the brokenness and suffering of the world. A sound that pours out to say what words cannot. A sound of lament, of anguish, of sorrow. God groans over creation, which means, God cares.

And we have the power to embody the future glory of God’s kingdom into the world around us right now. When people wonder if God cares, they’ll look at us, God’s people, to see if we care.