Just a Thought 3 2 25

Becoming

2 Cor. 3:12-18 NRSV

“Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.”

We are not who we used to be. We are being transformed daily. We are becoming. The veil was removed when we came to Jesus. The sad part is that many think that is all, or that joining a church is enough. It is the start of our journey. The start of our being spiritually transformed. The start of walking in our freedom with God. 

Verse 17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” That’s where we want to be. The glory of God is mirrored in Christ for all believers. It’s a spiritual birth that happens, the veil is gone. We can see, hear, understand a little better. 

We don’t have to go up a mountain but can get in God’s presence wherever we are. That is ours to hold.  We don’t have to figure it out alone. We can follow Holy Spirit’s guidance better. It frees us up to know more, do more, be more of who we really are in God. 

We are being transformed daily. What we know now- hmm think about what we will know in a month, a year. It’s the walking with him. When we commune with him we are changed. We can’t be with him and stay the same. It’s his transforming power of love. Blessings of peace and joy!  more later.