AS YOU BEHOLD, YOU WILL BECOME
We were born into this world and were immediately given the task of doing what is right. The older we became, the more we recognized the righteous requirements and our lack of power to fulfill them. Just like being married to a husband who is meticulously accurate and perfectly neat, expecting you to live up to his super high standards while at the same time not being willing to lift a single finger to help, so the law of God demanded ultimate perfection while giving us no solution to live it. Look at how apostle Paul speaks of this.
Gal 3:10-11 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.
Trying to live according to the rigorous standards of the law is a sure way to live in failure! When Jesus came, he released a law with a much higher standard; a law far beyond external works but now dealing with the very motives of the heart. But our new covenant with God through Jesus Christ is one in which he not only gives the law but is the very One who carries out the perfection of that law within us and through us.
2 Corinthians 3:15-18 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (NIV)
It is when we look at God that we experience the life of ever-increasing glory and strength! Our focus is no longer on the law, trying to fulfill it, but rather on Christ. As we behold him, our life is transformed by his love, and his perfection naturally begins to flow through us. Be sure of this... the most significant changes you will experience in your life will seem effortless when it happens, because it will not be you but rather Christ in you! It is extremely important to realize that your dominate thoughts is where your life is heading. I pray that today your life will increase because you understand that,...