Face to Face

June 22

Do you ever become frustrated with yourself? Many of us do. The provocation may differ, but each of us has a mental image of who we want to be—and when we fall short of the ‘self’ we are in our head, we become upset with the reality of our lives.

Perhaps it is a career goal that always seems just beyond reach. It could be an area of self-control that we never seem to attain. It could be any of thousands of things that we want to master but find ourselves incapable of achieving the level of mastery that we feel we should achieve.

Life doesn’t make any promises that we will realize our desire to be the best or to attain recognition as the top dog in the eyes of others or in our own estimation. Many of us will simply have to learn to deal with the reality of falling short of our expectations. Many of us simply will not reach the goals we set for ourselves.

Except in the realm of the spirit. Philippians 1:6 gives us a promise that can keep us moving forward in our walk with the Lord. Here it says, “I am persuaded that He who has begun a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” He will perfect you until you are like Him—when you see Him face-to-face.