And we all, with unveiled faith, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed
into the same image, from one degree of glory to another.
For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3.18
Moses spent time in God's presence, and when he came down from the mountain, his face was
radiant.
He didn't try to make it glow.
He didn't practice looking radiant.
He beheld God, and the beholding changed him.
That's how transformation works in the kingdom.
It's not about trying harder to be more like Jesus.
It's about beholding him, contemplating him, fixing your gaze on who he is, and as you
do that, you're being transformed into the same image.
Not by your effort, by exposure.
This is the part that I think trips many of us up in our Christian walk.
We think that becoming more like Christ is a self-improvement project.
We need to read more and pray harder and discipline ourselves into holiness.
And praying and reading the Bible and discipline are beautiful things, but it's not what the
verse says.
It doesn't say we're transforming ourselves.
It says we are being transformed, and that transformation comes from the Lord.
Our part is beholding him.
This happens in real life sometimes here on earth.
You know, think about the people you spend the most time with.
You kind of pick up their mannerisms, their phrases, their way of even seeing the world.
Not often on purpose, but just through time spent together.
Just on being around them.
How much more does spending time beholding the creator, the God of the universe, transform
who you are?
Today, the assignment is simple.
Behold, and you'll become.