A hidden gem, sitting all alone and rarely seeing much light, is Psalm 17:15 (Modern English Version):

“As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied when I awake with Your likeness.”

The day will come when it’s time to shed our physical body, as Peter exclaimed (2 Peter 1:14) that he would soon, ‘take off this body’. If we walk and abide in Christ as instructed throughout the scriptures. When that time comes, we shall fly like a butterfly from this cocoon and be revealed to be in the image of our Father and gaze on His face as expounded in Psalm 17:15.

Peter explains (2 Peter 1) that we are to be partakers of the divine nature in this life, but as John says it does not yet appear what we shall be (1 John 3:2). Hidden in jars of clay is something stunning – just like a lava in a cocoon – what the true Christian is will only be truly evident in the next life. In this life we can only tell them apart by their fruit (Matthew 7:16).

The tares and wheat grow side-by-side, looking exactly the same – cannot tell them apart. Interesting fact is that tares can look heathy and strong. But when the time comes for producing wheat for making food, the tares fail miserably.

At the end of our days and at the end of the world when all is said and done; then and only then will we see what the children of God will be. In this life we may even appear weaker than the tares, even being overshadowed by their strength and vigor. But as Paul encourages us, we are waiting patiently to be adopted from this body (Romans 8:23).

When we read the amazing stories of mighty people gone before we think ourselves so small. I love the insights I receive when I read the scriptures and those that believed God’s Word in the face of death and destruction.

Most cried physical tears when they faced impossible obstacles. Some loosing all strength and falling on their face. But we read of divine help sweeping down and enabling them to stand and face the challenges.

Little do we understand the state of their fears and the weaknesses they felt; we only remember their triumphs. Remember their tears, so we too can fall on our face and seek help from on high in time of trouble.