Glorious Change

I read one of those verses this morning...you know one that you have read dozens of times before, but this time something just pops out that makes you say "Oh, really cool!!"

Romans 8:18  I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Ok, so at first I went on about how difficult it is to see past today's trials to that day of glory.  Broken down cars and houses that need fixing, relationships in the same state of disrepair, aches, pains and illness....on and on the list goes that fills our thoughts and hours.  Yet Paul considers them not worth comparing to that coming day.  And he is right, of course.  But oh so hard to put into practice.  I am thinking I will be working on this one til Jesus returns or calls me home!!!

But it was the second part of the verse that got me excited today.  It says "the glory that will be revealed in us."  That says to me that it's already there and hidden away inside each and every one of His children.  It's here in me right now, waiting for the day that it is completely uncovered!!

That got me thinking of that verse in   1 Corinthians 15:51-52  Listen, I tell you a mystery:  We will not all sleep, but will all be changed---in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Now, I am thinking some of us will have a bit more changing to do on that day than others....(myself included of course).  For we know that we are all changing now, from glory to glory....little by little His glory is revealed in us more and more as we cooperate with the Spirit and work on that obedience thing.  But to think, that His glory, this wonderful glory is already in me....I just love that thought.  It's there, waiting to be shown, waiting to be seen!!  One day it will be revealed completely, but it can be seen now too, if we let it.

How is that for a great God visit to start the day?  So now, when I go through my day today, I will try to keep that in mind...His glory in me, right now.

Lord, help me to let it shine, let Your glory be seen in me, that you may be honored.