Eph 4:14-15; 1 Joh 3:3
“That we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things.”
“Every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.”
Our Destiny
Is the highest possible—“We shall be like Him.” For this we were created, redeemed, and sanctified, that we should be conformed to the image of God’s Son, that He might be the First Born among many brethren (Rom_8:29).
To see Christ face to face, to be with Him in unbroken fellowship, and to be like Him–this is the threefold destiny of every Christian soul. But how little can we imagine our future life! We strive to penetrate the dense veil of mist in vain–what the resurrection body will be like; what the converse with holy beings will amount to; what ministry may be assigned to us–we know not what we shall be, but “we know that we shall be like Him”–and it is enough! All that we have ever dreamed and hoped for will find its flower and fruitage in that glad summer time.
Let us Pray:
O God, it is my earnest desire that I may not only live, but grow: grow in grace, and in the knowledge of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May I grow in patience and fortitude of soul, in humility and zeal, in spirituality and a heavenly disposition of mind? Amen.
