It is a common thing for Christians to say –
“Jesus is my source.”
What a powerful declaration! To say “Jesus is my source” is to make a statement of faith and also a statement of dependence. As such, it is not only a great witness but it is an enduring fact.
Recently I was thinking that, yes, Jesus is my source. All good things flow to me from Him and the Father. They bless me in my daily life. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, they lead me forward, into the paths that I should walk. Through their loving attention, all my needs, physical and spiritual, are met every day.
While I am here, while I am bound to this Earth, it is only reasonable that much of my focus on Jesus would center on Him as my source. My source is important in this needy place. My worldly supply line is tenuous indeed, but He is able and willing and generous and dependable – and He loves me. Praise His name.
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Oh, but then I saw there is another dimension. Yes, Jesus is my source, but He is also my destination!
It is Jesus to whom I will go.
At last I will end this temporary stay on Earth and enter into that eternal kingdom that is His.
It is Jesus and the Father whom I will join in Heaven. They are the ones to whom the journey on this Earth leads. They are my destination. They are where I am going.
How wonderful that will be:
To be in the company of my Creator,
To be welcomed there,
To be savored as a friend forever.
Jesus is not only my source, but my ultimate companion.
Forever!
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Then I thought still further. There is another way in which Jesus is my destination.
This way makes it evident that I am savored as a friend. It makes me to be, at last, in the full spiritual likeness of Jesus. It erases the last vestige of the worldly nature that besets all mankind. It is an eternal transformation.
It is explained in 1 John 3:2 –
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is.”
Matthew Henry says about this passage:
“The sons of God will be known and be made manifest by their likeness to their head: They shall be like him —like him in honour, and power, and glory. Their vile bodies shall be made like his glorious body; they shall be filled with life, light, and bliss from him. When he, who is their life, shall appear, they also shall appear with him in glory.”
In that day, we shall not only be WITH Him but we shall be LIKE Him,
“In honor, and power, and glory.”
“Filled with life, light, and bliss”
This is my destination. This is where I am going.
The message through John goes on from here to encourage us to purify ourselves as thoroughly as we can while we await that day. But on that day, all shall be accomplished.
Our destination is to be like Jesus.
No longer will the challenges of life scheme to lead us astray.
No longer will shadows of doubt cloud our faith.
No longer will our wonderfully made but sin hindered bodies cry out in pain and discomfort and fear.
No longer will we be, along with Adam, merely able not to sin, but we shall be, along with Jesus, not able to sin.
No longer will scars of battle and the wear of life be seen upon us.
Only the likeness of Jesus will glow.
Oh, glorious day !
And so, as we travel our sometimes painful and challenging road of life, meeting each struggle in prayer in the powerful name of Jesus, with our eyes fixed on our ultimate destination,
LET US REJOICE !
We Shall Be Like HIM
05/17
Presented by Bro. Al Salay, Blessed Man Ministries Inc.
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