Hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. - JAMES 2:1

Can you think of anything that could occupy our attention more profitably than considering how to become more like Jesus? The central condition of this is the "unveiled face." As the Scripture says, "We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory" (2 Co 3:18).

Notice, however, that we must lift the veils if we are to be transformed. When Jesus was crucified, the veil of the temple was rent in two, symbolizing the fact that the heart of the universe was laid bare as redemptive love. Since God has unveiled Himself in Jesus, so we in response ought to unveil our faces, drop our masks, gaze in wonder - and in the gazing, be made like Him. It may be that there will be many veils that you will have to lift - veils of dishonesty, hypocrisy, legalism, pride - but I assure you that when they go, He comes.

Just think - we who are born of the dust of the earth are being gradually transformed into the most beautiful image this planet has ever seen: the image of Christ. What a destiny! The wonder of that transformation can only be explained by one word - "glory."The drabness, staleness, and dullness of life is replaced by living that has freshness in it. Can we live continuously like that? Yes - in His strength. "Grace" and "glory" are often connected in the New Testament. Take the grace, and you get the glory. What a way to live. Glory! Glory! Glory!