by Mike Reed, Director of Student Ministries @ MBC Loudoun

John tells us an amazing reality in 1 John 3:2 where he says “we will see Jesus as He is.” What this means is that we really don’t yet have a picture of Him in all His reality. He is more than we can imagine or understand, and while what we do know of Him is wonderful, when we see Him for the first time in heaven, we will be astonished. We are presently “looking through a glass darkly” as Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 13:12, and all that we see now is but a shadow of that which is to come.

Pray that your desire to Jesus will increase today. When He was here on earth, Jesus was among those who were despised and rejected, and our picture of Him is colored by that. He had no home to call His own. He had a few close friends, but was a mystery to most people. In other words, He was misunderstood frequently. His destiny was a bloody cross. But, in heaven, when we see Him for the first time, He will be at home, surrounded by all those who love Him. And, then, we shall really “see Him as He is.” What a sight that will be!