Day 7 While You Were Out

Read 1 John 3:1-3

We continue to focus on the kind of community that God wants us to experience as His body the church.  It really comes back to learning how we all find our perfect fit in a body that is so diverse and intricately complex.  We are His body and we represent Him best when we fit together with our hope and desire are set on conforming to His likeness as a holy people belonging to God. 

1 John 3:1-3  states, “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.”

When Sharon was gone to Ecuador on a missions trip,  I had the opportunity to do a ‘while you were out’  special on our kitchen.  It was an 11 day trip and  when she returned it was time for the big reveal!!  The all-nighters and hard work paid off for her response.  One day God will do a huge ‘reveal’ with us and it is my prayer that He will say of us, well done, good and faithful servants.  My prayer is that we would be doing the kind of things that when tested by fire last for eternity. 1 Corinthians 3 describes those things as the gold, silver and precious stones and those are precious building materials. May we learn to be used well in the hands of the expert Builder!

I believe as we serve the Lord our motivation is his appearing and it empowers us and infuses us with strength right now.  He is the author and finisher of our faith – trusting Him releases His power in our lives to look and become like the kind of community that others will take note of.  “ I in them and you in me.  May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”  John 17:23

So, let the renovations continue in His House!