For some time I have been reflecting on what made God loved me, called me? There are many reasons I could provide why He should have blotted me out. And I mean they are many! My life was, and is, not a portrait of beauty. If I were a painting, you would not want to hang me on your wall (in your living room or a dark basement). As an unbeliever I was God's enemy. Of course, we don't often articulate this belief that we naturally feuded with our Creator. But, He in His Gracious love sent His Word searching for our souls–––shedding light, transforming.
The powerful gospel has given me a new heart and changed my desires, but some part of me still feels like the enemy. Sometimes, I question if I was made to dishonor. There is no doubt in my heart that God saved me, but like all others who have lived a life before coming into His fold, I also have another consciousness. This life in Christ has been many ups and downs but what remains, in the victories and even defeats, are an abiding hope; a realization that I will live, totally free from my old body, anew.
My confidence is in the grace of God, this is why I am living my life, waiting for the blessed hope. What can be more joyous than being miraculously transformed at Jesus' coming? Are you watching? Let us watch together.
Beautiful!!! All these ups and downs, victories and defeats - I join you in the abiding hope of Jesus coming and the hope of our completed transformation!
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