Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. (I John 3:2 ESV)
Fear Not… Then Grow
Once, as a child, I left a coffee can full of crayons in the back window of our car. The state of those crayons declined.
Recently I found a hatchet in the grass by my woodpile. The state of that hatchet had clearly declined.
Our mechanic warned us a few years ago that the suspension of our car might need some work. Yesterday, we found out that the state of the struts had dangerously declined.
Things generally decline.
Other than a Christian’s relationship with God. That does not decline. We are God’s children, now. But we will grow so much that we will see God.
You know… that thing that sinful man cannot do and live? (Exodus 33:20)
We will see Him… because we will have grown that much.
That growth in Christ is not a smooth, upward sloping path. The path goes up and down. The path goes down and up.
But it is heading up.
We will grow.
We will see Him as He is! We will be with Him!
Maybe today did not feel like it. Maybe tomorrow will not seem like it. Maybe this week will be more down than up.
But we will see Him!
Fear not, then grow.