Suffering While Waiting – Creation

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. And not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
(Romans 8:16-2 HCSB ©®)

Everything was created by Jesus and for Jesus (Colossians 1:15-17). The world was created by Him and for Him. He created in it a desire to see His will for it to be real-ized. With our co-operation or without, the created things will be satisfied by the revelation of God’s sons. Be cooperative. Be revealed and bless the Lord and His stuff. Notice that the earth is not waiting for Jesus to return. It is waiting for you to rise up and be known as His.