Masterpiece in the Making

Most of the time, I don't see myself in a very good light, but there is something about being in a process. We are told that God sees us through the veil of His Son's sacrifice ... He sees us as "glorified!" (Romans 8:30). What does this mean? Let me tell you something about my wife. Paula, as a very accomplished interior designer (she doesn't see herself as that accomplished, by the way), is a visionary. She gets a picture of the end result of her client's home before she has begun and throughout the process she has that picture in her mind until at the end of the project it comes out just as she had seen it...beautiful! 

In much the same way, God is a visionary as well, though in a perfect sense. He sees us for what we will become and considers us beautiful now. Wow! What an overwhelming thought. If we stop looking in the mirror and start looking at ourselves through the eyes of God, it will revolutionize our understanding of self. As Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live. Its not I but Christ living in me..." (Galatians 2:20). God really does see us this way and we need to accept that He is in us, and has a perfect plan for us.

Gwen Smith writes about this in her "Girlfriends in God" devotional where she says,  "Real beauty isn’t about a finished or flawless product. It can’t be. It’s not possible on this side of eternity to have completed beauty. Our restoration will be complete in the presence of God when we see Him face to face."

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