The greatest change you will ever experience is still ahead of you

TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

Think about how long it has taken you to become the person you are today. Some of the shaping has been slow and some of it has been painful, and along the way you may have wondered whether real change was even possible. Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15:51 offer something that puts all of that into perspective. He calls it a mystery: not all believers will die before Christ returns, but every single one of them will be changed, and this transformation will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye.

Whatever growth and change you have seen in your life so far is not the final version of you. A transformation is coming that will be sudden and complete and glorious. You will be shaped for heaven, made fit to live forever, and conformed to the image of Jesus himself. This is not something you have to earn or work your way toward. It is the wonderful work of God, and it is promised to every person who belongs to him.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

1 John 3:2