[The Glory Unveiled ]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [ John 1:1 NIV ]
When you keep a glow-in-the-dark material around a source of light, after some time, that phosphorescent plastic begins to glow as if it were light, taking on the properties of the light. As we behold Christ, we are changed into His glorious image (2 Corinthians 3:18). Whatever we keep looking at, we begin to look like it. The Word was with God [as an independent entity] but later became God through prolonged stay with God. “In the beginning was the Word” means the Word had stayed with God from the beginning for a long time. The result was that the Word became exactly like God. Moses was a man who went to meet the Lord on the mountain for forty days and nights. When he came down, he looked radiant like God, not merely a man. The reason was that he had stayed in the presence of God for a long time and absorbed the radiant essence of God; just as a phosphorescent material placed before a light source radiates the light it absorbs. Evidently, we become what we consistently behold. As we behold the Son of God, we are changed into His very image, the image of the only begotten Son, our Lord and Saviour. If we become what we keep beholding, you can tell what you are becoming by what you constantly give your attention to. It doesn’t matter who you are; if you consistently give your heart and thoughts to anything, that thing begins to capture your attention and affection. Whatever you stick with for long, you mirror its properties consciously or unconsciously.
Prayer_Bead: Lord Jesus, thank you for the privilege to stay in your presence and the grace to mirror your nature and glory. Hallelujah.
Wisdom_Quote: The word that stays with God becomes God.
#GNews: Unveiling the glory of God.