Transition brings another level of transformation and unveiling! 

Do you remember when Moses came down from the mountain after being with God for several days, and his face shown with the glory so much that his face had to be covered? That glory was a glory that eventually faded away.

2 Corinthians 3:7-18 is a very powerful scripture that describes the glory that Moses had. Yes, it was a glory that, here is the key, was with him. This was a glory that faded away. But the ministry of the Spirit has even more glory than that. In verse 11 it says; For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

It goes on to say that we are not like Moses who put a veil over his face, but we have such a hope that when (this glory is IN us, and) we are IN Christ, the veil over our hearts is removed. If we live by the law of sin and death (doing, or not doing something to make us approved by God) there is a veil over our hearts and our experiences with the glory will be reduced to momentary glimpses and the glory will fade away and the veil might never be removed. When we come to Christ…that veil is lifted from our hearts. The results and benefits of the veil being lifted are deliverance into freedom, transformation, and His glory/His image. Verse 18 says, But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

We are in glory, not with glory! Glory is not something you just pick up and carry and pull out of the bag anytime you need to use it or want to show it off by how anointed you are. When our hearts are postured for the transition we are being transformed into the image of God because we have chosen to become part of Him. We are in Him; therefore we embody His glory. We are His glory walking the earth today. Each day is one of transformation and freedom moving from glory to glory.

I don’t want to be like Moses, temporarily carrying the glory. Yes, He was used by God in countless, and in some of the most unbelievable ways, but…I want to be one that is walking in His glory day to day, continually being transformed from glory to glory. Each stage of glory is greater than the previous.

Sustaining the Change

FAITH: What is it you believe in? Where does your faith lie? Who does your faith lie in? Do we believe being approved by God is a result of what we do, or by being transformed into the image of His Son: the only image of true Glory 2 Co. 3:18, Ro. 8:29, 12:2.

Faith is the necessary element that we must have active in our lives to sustain change and transformation. Without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. – Hebrews 11:6

Faith will always reap something in the Kingdom of God!

Several times Jesus said, in the New Testament when He healed someone…your faith has made you whole. Faith in Him invites His presence for transformation and transition, and faith in Him that He is able to do what He said He would do, sustains that change.

INTIMACY: Developing a strong relationship with God and building a history with Him will allow His Story to be built in you. – Bill Johnson

Capacity for transition grows through intimacy; intimacy opens our eyes to see, and our ears to hear, the sounds of heaven. Faith comes from hearing the living and active Word of God Ro. 10: 17.

God is trustworthy. We experience this through intimacy. What is intimacy? Intimacy is transparency and vulnerability. With transparency, there will never be anything hidden. When we are fully transparent, we are fully vulnerable, when we are fully vulnerable we experience what He is: Love. Trust is born in intimacy.

RENEWING: Romans 12:2 refers to being transformed by the renewing of your mind. Every day is a day of transformation. The renewing of the mind births value for the change that takes place in us. God is looking for people who will be unveiled and steward the unveiling well.

In the midst of the unveiling, we will see who we are, but faith will cause us to see how God sees us. Intimacy (relationship), trust and faith are what give us the strength and ability to walk through the unveiling and come out on the other side with a high value for the transformation.

2 Cor. 13:5-9 says, Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you – unless indeed you fail the test? But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test. Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear unapproved. For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

We are not perfect when we emerge from having been in a stage of transformation, and it may not be the prettiest but, you are approved by God. You went through the process! Don’t minimize what you just went through. We never fail when we go through a transformation! It’s in the process that we are strengthened to sustain and carry the next phase of transformation that we are going through. His grace carries us. His grace is sufficient for us! We are made complete in Him through the transformation.

Let’s recap:

Faith: He IS able to carry you through the unveiling process.

Intimacy: Focus is a result of His amazing, powerful devotion to love us and bring us into His glorious liberty, compared to the focus being on the process, what needs to change; He has paid a high price for our deliverance into liberty Is. 61:1; 2 Co. 3:17.

Renewing: I must have the transformation to live and move and have my being in Him…..or, perhaps better stated: I must have the transformation to walk in the glory I’ve been born for.

2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

May your heart be blessed to embrace the unveiling and transformation process!!