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2 Corinthians 3:16–18 (ESV) But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Paul is spending a considerable amount of time talking about Moses' veil and what it meant.

When Moses came down from the mountain after speaking with God Exodus tells us his face shone with the glory of God. But after he spoke with them, he would put a veil over his face. Why? Because the glory would fade after a while. Then he would go back up and his face would glow again, he would teach the people and then his face would fade and the veil would be put back. He was kind of like a glow in the dark light. 

Why did this happen? Paul tells us it was God's way of saying everything Moses was instituting was from the first day only temporary. It is fading even from inception. It is not the real thing, it is the shadow and type of the real thing, it all points to Jesus. 

Being in Christ, is totally different. It is not a fading covenant or reality. It is an ever increasing experience of one degree of glory to the next! 

But how does it happen?

It happens for us when we turn to Christ. Then we start to see Christ in the scriptures. When we turn through the pages of the Bible and look not for moral guidelines but for Jesus. Paul says when we turn to the Lord the veil is removed. What does that mean? It means when we come to Christ in the scriptures, we will see more of Him, and our lives will be changed by Him.

THIS is how you grow as a Christian. Not from moral codes or harsher discipline. Don't get me wrong, the Bible holds the highest morality ever and we are to obey God. But we hopelessly fail to obey if we fail to see Jesus as the one who calls, saves, guides and sustains every step of the way. 

He is not just the author of the story, He is the mover and He is the finisher of the story. He is the one who seeks us from the moment we fall (Genesis 3:9). He leads us through the wilderness (Exodus 14-15/1 Cor. 10). He is the one who oversees us in our exile while seated at the right hand side of God the Father (see Daniel/1 Peter 1). Finally,  and He is the one who will bring us home.

Please stop trusting in yourself and throw yourself totally and fully in the arms of the Shepherd.

That's the ONLY way to go from glory to glory.

PRAYER:

Father, help me even more to see Jesus on every page. I thank You for the strength and sustaining power with which you hold me in Christ Jesus. I praise you and worship You for the work you are bringing to completion until that day. Glorify Your Name in my life.