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Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.--1 John 3:2 (KJV)
If we all understand this Scripture above,
we will know that it means "something that has not yet been revealed what
we shall be as a sons of God." Let us take this as an example. A man of God
lay mortally ill, he turned to those at his bedside and asked, "Do you
know what comfort me just now? I find infinite consolation in the fact that in the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth." His friends asked how
that could give solace as he faced death. He answered with the confidence of
one about to meet the lord, "Why, if God can bring all the wonder of the
world out of nothing, He may sill make something out of me. Now, To think of
the glory that awaits we Christians-to have a spirit perfectly pure and a
resurrected body that will enable us to enjoy eternity to its fullest staggers
the imagination.
Even now God's transforming power is
at work in us. At conversion we became children of God and were made
"alive together with Christ" (Ephesians 2:5). But that isn't all. Paul
said in the future God will "show the exceeding riches of His grace in His
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:7). No wonder the apostle John exclaimed,
"it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. "God is not done with
is people yet. The great changes we will experience in glory are beyond our
understanding. What a comfort to know the best to be yet.