YOU ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO MY image from Glory to Glory. Trust My Spirit to do this massive work in you. Yield to My ways, wisdom and will. When life gets tough, don't waste those hard circumstances. Instead, ask Me to use them to transform you more and more into My likeness - helping you become your true self. You must be willing to share in My sufferings so that you may also share in My Glory.
Though your troubles may seem heavy and endless, they are actually light and momentary - compared to the eternal Glory they are achieving for you. This is why it is reasonable and right to thank Me for hard times, to praise Me for ongoing troubles. This serves a dual purpose: When you give thanks in the midst of adversity (trouble) - because of who I am and what I have done for you - I am glorified. And your thankfulness helps you make progress in your transformation from Glory to Glory.
- Jesus
Scripture Insight: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 8:17; 2 Corinthians 4:17 and Ephesians 5:19-20
(Jesus Today / Sarah Young)
2 Corinthians 3:18 (New King James Version) - "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"
ReplyDeleteRomans 8:17 (New International Version) - "No if we are children, then we are heirs -- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory"
2 Corinthians 4:17 (New International Version) - "Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all"
Ephesians 5:19-20 (New International Version) - "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"