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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays
Reflections of Glory - August 15, 2024
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
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Morning by Morning, August 15 - Reflections of Glory
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I embrace “the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) and embrace You as “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). ...
As I wait on You--embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, filled afresh with the Holy Spirit--this Word comes to mind:
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
As we behold You, we are reflections of Your glory. As we behold You, You are changing us, transforming us into Your “same image from glory to glory.”
We can’t do it. But You can. And You do--by Your Spirit, “by the Spirit of the Lord.”
And one of the ways You do it is by removing the “veils” from our faces. You remove the barriers between us, the distortions of how we see You and how we see ourselves, the beliefs and attitudes that confuse us and deceive us from allowing us to know the truth of who You are and who You are in us.
Come, Holy Spirit. Spirit of the Lord, come remove any veils from my face, from my heart. Let me see You as You are--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God--“with unveiled face” as I behold You and worship You in spirit and truth. “The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24).
You deserve all my worship. And at the same time, You’re using even my worship of You to change me into Your image, to make me more like You--“from glory to glory”--as I behold You “with unveiled face.” As You are, so am I to be in my world (1 John 4:17). You’re at work in me to conform me into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29).
By the power of Your grace at work within me, may I become a reflection of Your glory in my world, along with every one of Your sons and daughters who are disciples of Christ and even “ambassadors for Christ” to display Your glory in our world (2 Corinthians 5:20). By the liberty and power and grace of Your Holy Spirit, as You remove the veils from our faces, may we “Arise, shine; for (our) Light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon (us)!” (Isaiah 60:1) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.