Section 8
share Christ's resurrection in a practical way. Hallelujah, we shall be designated sons of God by resurrection!
THE PROCESS OF DESIGNATION
Most of us today may not have the confidence to say that we are sons of God. We do not yet have the appearance, the expression, of God's sons. We are like the carnation plant that has not yet produced flowers. Nevertheless, we are under the process of designation by resurrection, and even tually, after we have been fully processed, all will know that we are sons of God. The entire cre ation is waiting and groaning for this. We also groan because we do not yet have the appearance we should have. We know that we are still short in so many respects and wrong in many things, and we still have failures. But under the Lord's sovereignty, even our failures are used as part of the process. The Lord allows us to fail time after time so that we may be processed. By our failures, our ugly self is torn down, and the Lord has a greater opportunity to work within us.
Praise the Lord for the divine process! We are on the way of resurrection. Not only have we been grafted into Christ that we may have a vital union with Him in His death, but we also enjoy