GLORY to GLORY

"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from GLORY to GLORY, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." (2 Corinthians 3:18) 


Dude, "GLORY to GLORY"!? 

That's amazing if you let it sink in- in Christ, each one of us is a picture of His GLORY. We get to project Christ crucified to the world through our lives. 

Seriously, sit back and let it sink in that He chose you today to magnify His name and proclaim His glory in this world! He chose me! He chose us- broken, cracked, beaten-up vessels- to SHINE His marvelous Self to the world. 

"...children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world..." (Philippians 2:15)

And the best part is that He hand-picked us to represent His glorious name while we sat in the mud of our sin; while we shook our pathetic little fists at His face in rebellion and hatred; while we purposefully ran down our own little path of self-destruction. 

"... just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love..." (Ephesians 1:4)

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

So that GLORY #1 just amazes me beyond all else...until you get to #2:

Okay so, beyond that, there's one day in which we'll be transformed from these temporary "tents" into the perfect, glorious image of Himself. We'll be perfect images of His grace. Unlike in GLORY #1, we'll just reflect JESUS. Our whole being will be wrapped up in who He is and His immense, overpowering love for us. I have no idea how to concisely expound on that.

"For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known." (1 Corinthians 13:12)

That's just crazy. I certainly don't deserve that. Yet, He offers it. He offers it to all of us daily. 

GLORY to GLORY. 

The point of surrender where everything changes.

"The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!'" (Revelation 4:8)


[I know I'm far overdue for a ministry update. I'm working on it right now. Promise.]

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