Some years ago, while driving home from a family trip, my daughter (who is known for pulling things “out of the sky” and making remarks) looked at me and declared, “Mommy, you are going to be so beautiful!” To which I responded, “Aris, you don’t think that I am beautiful now?” Aris went on, “Yes Mommy, but not as beautiful as you are going to be…”
While I am not quite sure what she saw or what she was thinking, her words carried my thoughts to another place. As the people of God, our desire should be to continually transform into the image of God with “ever-increasing glory.” During Holy Week, we stand on the sidelines of history, processing images of a Savior who began the week with loud hosannas and ended the week unrecognizable due to unimaginable brutality, mockery, and humiliation.
Yet Jesus endured all of these things to conquer Death, Hell and the Grave for us. What appeared to be defeat, was the dawning of a new day for humanity. Through God’s love, grace and mercy, Jesus’ willing sacrifice and the Holy Spirit’s guidance, counsel and comfort, we can walk in victory…not only in the “life eternal,” but in our everyday lives. Through Christ we are no longer slaves to the sins that bind us, but are made “free indeed!” The Law that was a school master, reminding us of our inability to flawlessly follow every “jot and tittle” becomes the usher, that carries us to the throne of grace, taking us beyond the veil.
Through Christ, we can submit to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, transforming our lives to reflect more of the love, the grace, the mercy, the peace, the joy, the beauty, the justice, the righteousness, the compassion of God.
As we march towards “Good Friday,” and ultimately, “Resurrection Morning,” may we embrace the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. May God’s ever-increasing glory be abundantly evident in our daily walk and may we know that our current beauty is merely a glimpse of what we shall be!
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Until next Wednesday,
In Faith, Hope and Perseverance,
Pastor Chris
www.shepastorchris.org
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