Day 36
“But we know that when he appears,
we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he is”
1 John 3:2
What a day it will be when we come face to face with our Lord and King! We often lose sight of who we really are and forget our ultimate position in life’s difficulties. We focus on earthly things and self instead of Him. Yet, we are being prepared for our future home. Paul said, “We know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands” [2 Corinthians 5:1].
Paul’s writing about Abraham in Romans 4 is a great revelation of how God works in us. He says that God gives life to the dead, and calls things that are not as though they were. He calls into being things that do not exist. God brought forth a nation of people as His own through Abraham. Abraham accepted it by faith, but over the years he struggled and even lost sight of it in difficult times.
It is clear to us what we shall be in eternity; John says we know this, when Jesus comes, we shall be like Him. God is working in us to complete and fulfill His purposes. He works within us as if we are already completed sons and daughters in Him, and will carry His work to completion until the day of Christ Jesus [Philippians 1:6]. We will then say with David, “I will see Your face when I awake. I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness” [Psalm 17:15].
“They will see His face, and His Name
will be on their foreheads”
Revelation 22:4