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June 5, 2021 8:00 pm
Inside my parents’ old photo album is a picture of a young boy. He has a round face, freckles, and straight light-blond hair. He loves cartoons, hates avocado, and owns just one record, by Abba. Also inside that album are pictures of a teenager. His face is long, not round; his hair is wavy, not straight. He has no freckles, likes avocado, watches movies rather than cartoons, and would never admit to owning an Abba record! The boy and the teenager are little alike. According to science they have different skin, teeth, blood, and bones. And yet they are both me. This paradox has baffled philosophers. Since we change throughout our lives, who is the real us?
The Scriptures provide the answer. From the moment God began knitting us in the womb (Psalm 139:13–14), we’ve been growing into our unique design. While we can’t yet imagine what we’ll finally become, we know that if we’re children of God we will ultimately be like Jesus (1 John 3:2)—our body with His nature, our personality but His character, all our gifts glistening, all our sins gone.
Until the day Jesus returns, we’re being drawn towards this future self. By His work, step by step, we can reflect His image ever more clearly (2 Corinthians 3:18). We aren’t yet who we’re meant to be, but as we become like Him, we become our true selves.
Welcome to the Sunday edition of the Ella daily bread devotional uninsured invoicing and I've titled this meditation out true souls inside my parents old photo album is a picture of a young boy, he has a round face freckles straight light blonde hair.
He loves cartoons hates avocados and owns just one record by Abba. Also inside that album of pictures of a teenager's faces long not round. His hair was wavy, but straight. He has no freckles likes avocados watches movies rather than cartoons and would never admit to owning another record. The boy in the teenager a little like according to science, but have different skin, teeth, blood and bones and yet they have both me. This paradox has baffled philosophers since we change throughout our lives. Who is the real costs. Descriptions provide the answer.
From the moment God began missing us together in the worm we've been growing into our unique design. While we can't yet imagine what will finally become. We know that if we are children of God will ultimately be like Jesus, our body with his nature, our personality, but his character all our gifts glistening oil since gone until the day Jesus returns being drawn towards his future self by his work step-by-step. We can reflect his image ever more clearly we are not yet who we are meant to be. As we become like him. We become our true selves how scripture reading today comes from first John chapter 3 verses 1 to 3.
See what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God, and that is what we, the reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is all who have this hope in him purify themselves just as he is pure. Let's pray Lord I know I'm not yet who I'm supposed to be, but I'm so glad that one day I will be because of your work in me, Holy Spirit, take me another step closer to becoming like Jesus today. My body is his nature. My personality with his character. All my gifts glistening all my sins gone I want to be like him in every way. It's in his name I pray, amen on today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries
