Turning our Heart to the Lord to be Metabolically Transformed into His Image Turning our Heart to the Lord to be Metabolically Transformed into His Image. Just turn your heart to the Lord, and you will be transformed in His image (2 Cor. 3:16-18)! photo credit: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino – cc In 2 Cor. 3:16-18 Paul speaks of the process of transformation, how we are being transformed into the same image as Christ from glory to glory. May we be those who continually turn their heart to the Lord so that any veil would be taken away! When we read the Bible, do we see the Lord face to face? Do we have the glory of God shining on the face of Jesus Christ in our spirit whenever we come to God’s word? Or is there a veil lying on our face, and we don’t clearly see the Lord? Daily we need to practice to turn our heart to the Lord so that any veil would be taken away, and we would see the Lord face to face. When we behold the Lord’s face, we are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another degree of glory! What we behold, that’s what we reflect – if we behold the world, TV, football, Facebook, etc we will reflect them by speaking about them and being interested in them. But whenever our heart turns to the Lord, any veil from our face is taken away and we clearly see the Lord. As we behold the Lord face to face, we are being transformed by having Christ infused into us and added to us to replace what we are. In this way, Christ increases and we decrease! Eventually, Christ will become our genuine beauty and glory, and what we express is Christ Himself shining out through us. Lord Jesus, we love You! Turn our heart to You, Lord, that we may behold You face to face. We want to behold Your face in our spirit, reflect You, and be transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit! Turning our Heart to the Lord to be Transformed in His Image Many Christians have “a veil on their heart” as their read the Bible, just as the Jews have a veil on their heart as they listen to the law being read (2 Cor. 3:15). This veil is simply our unturned heart, our heart that is turned away from the Lord. But WHENEVER our heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away (2 Cor. 3:16), and we enter into freedom, because today the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom! When we turn our heart to the Lord, the veil is taken away, and we behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ in our spirit. Our heart is our “spiritual face”, having eyes which can be enlightened (Eph. 1:18) or being veiled if it is turned away from the Lord (2 Cor. 3:15-16). To have a heart turned to the Lord is not a small thing. Our heart is set on so many other things, people, situations, problems, etc, that many times the Lord is not our focus. But when we turn our heart to the Lord, the divine and mystical machinery of God’s economy is put into motion, and we are being transformed into the same image as from the Lord Spirit. There are at least four conditions our heart is in when it is turned to the Lord: Our heart is soft toward the Lord – when every inch of our heart is given to the Lord for the growth in life, our heart is soft toward the Lord, turned to Him fully. Lord, keep my heat soft and tender toward You! Our heart is pure toward the Lord (Matt. 5:8) – blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! Being pure in heart means that our goal is Christ Himself and nothing else. Lord, purify our heart, and may our heart be pure toward You! Our heart is loving the Lord (Mark 12:30) – we need to have the love of God filling our heart so that we may love Him with all of our heart. Lord, thank You for commanding me to love You. Keep my heart always loving You. Our heart is at peace – when we have a conscience void of offense toward God and man, our heart is at peace toward God and man. We need to deal with our heart until we have the peace of God. Lord, may there be no problem between us and You and us and others! If we don’t turn our heart to the Lord today, even right now, it will be more difficult to turn our heart to the Lord tomorrow or later. The moment we don’t have a heart turned to the Lord, the veil returns, and we don’t see the Lord clearly. But whenever the heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away, and we are in the process of being transformed into the same image! Lord, keep our heart turning to You until nothing else distracts us from beholding You face to face all the time. We want to look into Your face, Lord, that we may behold You and reflect You and be transformed. Transform us into the same image. Lord, keep our heart turned to You so that we may have a clear vision of Your heart’s desire, Your economy, and Your recovery!
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:44:39 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015