1 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks
that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
One of my fond memories I have growing up was the camping
trips I would take with Christian Service Brigade. It always amazed me on sunny
days how the ordinary and even unsightly things would be transformed into something
beautiful by those warm and vibrant rays. An ordinary piece of moss glows with
an almost fluorescent scope of greens and yellows, a long dead aspen is robed
in silver or a plain rock suddenly displays the loveliest shades of red and
brown.
Likewise, so it is with those of us who know the Lord. In
Him we are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory. That
which is ordinary about us, that which is unlovely is all in the midst of the
beauty of his transformation within us that we might be more and more like him.
What an absolutely amazing and wondrous truth is this.
So let us cast aside those negative thoughts about
ourselves. Let us cast aside false guilt and discouragement when we feel we
haven't measured up and let us rise on the wings of his Spirit to praise and
glorify his name with bright and cheerful hearts full of the sunshine and
beauty of the Son's transformation.
Dear Lord, thank you so much that we reflect Your glory
and are being transformed into Your likeness. Bless us with continued faith to
believe and embrace this amazing truth as we walk in the light of your Son. In the
name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
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