When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
When Jesus comes, He will be glorified not among His saints — but in them.
I venture to guess that none of us bought the latest Ladies Home Journal expecting to see our names on the Ten Most Admired People list. Nor did we buy the latest edition of Who’s Who in America, eager to see our names inside.
You see, this is not our day. This is the ‘day of man’ (Job 10:5) — ‘man’ referring to fallen humanity. But when Jesus returns, He will be glorified and admired in all who believe. This means we’ll see Jesus in each other. ‘Wow, I thought you were a lightweight,’ we’ll say; or, ‘I thought you were weird;’ or, ‘I thought you were callous, cruel, pompous, or vain. But now look at you! I see Jesus in you!’
Oh, to have such a mindset this side of eternity — to join Paul in ‘knowing no man after the flesh,’ (2 Corinthians 5:16), but instead seeing Jesus glorified in His saints even now.
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