We Shall Be Like Him

March 2

Just what does it mean that we are children of God? What difference does it make to our every-day lives that we have entered into covenant relationship with God and He has adopted us into His family? How can we identify ourselves as His?

Certainly, we know the peace that comes with receiving Christ as Savior and Lord, the joy salvation brings, yet, how does that translate into practical assurance that we are members of not only the body of believers, the church, but of the family of God?

The difference in our every-day existence should be profound. We no longer go the places we once went; we no longer indulge the vices that were our sinful pleasures. The focus of our new life in Christ is to be the good steward of the investment He’s made in us, to employ lovingly the treasure of the great privilege He’s given to us.

We are encouraged in this by the words of the beloved apostle in I John 3:2, “…now we are children of God and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” When He comes, we shall be easily identified by our ‘family resemblance’ to Jesus who loves us.