Transformed

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

The Lord is the Spirit

The Spirit brings liberty

We see the reflection of the glory of the Lord

We are being transformed from glory to glory into His glory

The Holy Spirit is doing the transforming

Sometimes it helps me to just write out a verse in list form to help me see just what the verse is all about.

There are several things we could look at here, but The thing that really stuck out to me this time was 'we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.' The image Paul is writing about is the image of the glory of the Lord.

Did you catch that? We are being transformed into the image of the glory of the Lord.

It is happening from glory to glory. And we are bring transformed by the Holy Spirit.

So what does that mean? It means that as we progress through life we are in the process of being transformed. As the glory of God works in our lives we grow and change from glory to glory to glory to glory. As we learn to submit to the transformation our victories bring glory. As we suffer setbacks and defeats we learn that they are for God's glory. As we just plod along we learn to plod along to God's glory.

Whether we eat or drink or whatever we do it to the glory of God. As we do that and allow the Holy Spirit to work in us we reflect more and more of  God's glory to those around us.

The question I have to ask myself is whether or not yo life is growing and changing from glory. It only happens as I remember the glory of God and let the Holy Spirit change me.

Or are we stuck in the rut of focusing on ourselves and our woes?