JUST LIKE HIM
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.(1John 3:2)
There is absolutely no doubt that Jesus is coming back to earth again. He will appear in such a way that everyone will in fact see Him. I do not know when and I am not sure how. I do know that He is here right now. As a rule we do not have a visual on Him, but His influence can certainly be felt. He does in fact dwell in us in the Holy Spirit!
Some may disagree with that because they have not experience a revelation of Him, but that does not change the truth. He often shows up when He is not expected, but because He is not expected He is often not recognized. People say things like they just felt like they should do something; or for some reason this or that happened. People may even have an experience where they acknowledge it must have been God, but they think it was just one of those things and before long it is forgotten.
Today I want to encourage you to expect Him to appear. Expect Him to come on the scene like the best friend that He is. Remember, He said that we are His friends. If ever there were someone who we could expect to be a faithful friend, it is Jesus.
Just think, we have a friend who knows all, sees all, and is all powerful. He is a friend who never breaks a promise, never lies, and could never let us down. Because of this, we know that His appearance will change any situation dramatically.
We really need to develop our confidence in His friendship. The thing about a truly good friend is that you can count on them even when you may not be such a good friend yourself. Jesus friendship is not base on our performance. It is based on His promise. Our part is easy. We only need to believe.
Even if we get ourselves into a mess, we can be confident that when we call He will come and when He is revealed we will be like Him. Just imagine that you are full of fear and then you call on Him. We know when He appears He will be fearless so we can be fearless too.
Remember, He was, He is, and He is coming again. We know what He did, and we look forward to that future day of His appearing, but if we do not enjoy who He is right now in us, we are missing the really great part and we are not bringing Him the glory that He desires in all the earth.
In all things and at all times expect Him to reveal Himself to you and through you. As we get to know Him better, we understand how He is and how He handles things. Then when He comes along side to help, we know how to act. Just like Him!