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You Will Shine Like the Sun

I was recently looking at some photos of my children when they were little. While I looked at their childhood photos, I was struck by how much they had changed, and how I could never have known how amazingly they would turn out. It’s the same with us as Christians. How we see ourselves today does not predict what we will be in Christ in the future.

Jesus gives us the beautiful promise that the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom (Matthew 13:43).

You may be called a fool, and you may be laughed at, but one day you will shine like the sun. The apostle John says:

“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2, NIV).

So, be strong and be encouraged! Hold on to Jesus! The brokenness of your life that you see today is not what will be tomorrow. If you are a child of God, his destiny for you is so glorious, that when Jesus thought of you, there was only one way he could describe it. You will shine like the sun!

Go and look at yourself in a mirror. What do you see? Blemishes? Some wrinkles? Maybe some grey hairs? Read Matthew 13:43 to yourself while you’re looking in the mirror. Read it as if you mean it!

By Dr. Eliezer Gonzalez