Stepping in to Who You Are

In 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul says, "And we with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 


I want to be more like Jesus. When my face is unveiled I want people to see Jesus in me. He is transforming me into His likeness daily. As I listen to His voice, engage in His word and in His work I become more and more like Him. In a sense I am not becoming something I am not; Jesus is working in my life to pull back the veil to reveal who I really am. The veil is just the thing I use to cover up my own insecurity; my own doubt; my own weakness. The veil is the barrier I put up to myself and others to keep myself safe, or at least what I think of as safe. The veil is a thing of my own making. I know that God wants to do a work in my life to pull back the veil from my heart and thus reveal the face of Jesus.
Some questions to ponder: Are you stepping into who you are? What are you becoming? What will you look like when your face is unveiled?

Some Thoughts on Generosity

Be generous in well speaking; in speaking and thinking well of others. Be generous in giving. Giving produces abundance -- hoarding produces lack.
In order to be a generous person I must be rid of all my fear. Fear produces hoarding. I can become afraid I might not have what I need and so begin to hang on to what little I may have. Generosity comes from faith: Jesus provides all my needs. To be generous is to be free in giving... a life marked by abundance... bountiful.
Generosity is doing more than required. As humans we often try to find out the requirements so that we can minimally meet the requirements and nothing more. But to be generous is to go beyond the requirement. Think about this: God is generous, He saw our need and met the need by going above and beyond! He wants us to live in His abundance and so we, too must be generous.