What Shall We Become?

~~~ 1 John 2:29-3:61 ~~~ Psalm 98 ~~~ John 1:29-34 ~~~

 

All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

 

'...we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed...'

 

We are indeed God's children now...

even as an adult we remain a child in the eyes of God.

We often foolishly pride ourselves on how 'adult' we are...

Young teens long for the day when they are considered 'adults'.

As you age in years you become a 'senior'

Much later in those senior years people treat you like a child again.

You once again need help to care for yourself.

The day comes when you do not jump into the car,

 behind the wheel a take a little trip to the store.

 

To God none of this is of any importance...

to God as long as we are alive we are like a child to him.

He is always there

to care for us...

to protect us...

to welcome us home when we get lost...

 

...what we shall be has not yet been revealed...'

 

What shall we be when we really 'grow up' in the Lord?

What shall we be when we 'have come of age'?

Being a human adult encompasses many physical changes,

 as you know.

What we shall become with God

requires tremendous 'spiritual' soul changes.

The body will no longer be...

we will no longer just be children.

 

It is true that unless we become like little children

we shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But nothing says that when you get to heaven

you will remain in a child like state.

 

Today we hear just the opposite to be true...

The truth is we do not know...

for it has not yet been revealed to us.

We are not ready.

We would not understand.

Just as there as many things a parent does not explain to their child

because they would not understand.

God cannot reveal many things to us while

we are in our 'child like' existence.

 

 

“I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky
and remain upon him..."

 

The Holy Spirit will be with us as we enter into our

true adulthood.

We will not be fully matured until we are with God.

Maturity comes when we are reunited with our creator God.

 

All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

We all have the opportunity to experience this saving power of God

first hand in many ways.

 

 

 

All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

 

Someday we shall experience what we shall become.

I am patiently waiting for that day...

in the mean time God has more work for me to accomplish.

For in our 'childhood' we can and should be

models of God's love.