Layers
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at[a] the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2Corinthians 3:18, CSB
It was early spring and the Holy Spirit told me to harvest the rest of my cabbage so that I could get my garden ready for replanting. I went out and harvested the last three, or four cabbages and took them inside to get them cleaned up.
When I opened up the first one, I started to pull off some of the leaves that had holes in them. As I pulled back a layer of leaves there were cabbageworms inside of the leaves. Now cabbage grows into a really tight ball. So, you would think it would be too tight and impossible for anything to get inside. But there they were! Cabbageworms all throughout that cabbage! Now I have come to know with gardening that you have to deal with all kinds of bugs and worms, but this was a bit much for me. So, I threw the whole cabbage away! Although I knew all the leaves were good, I was just too grossed out to keep it!
I said to the Holy Spirit, “What is the lesson in this?” He said, “Just like I had to pull back every layer to see if there were any more cabbageworms, he does the same thing with us.” He reveals to us what is on the inside of us. Many times we think that we are doing just fine and then the Holy Spirt reveals another part of ourselves that is hidden to us. Many times when he brings the revelation, Satan will try to make us feel condemned. But God is revealing to us what is hidden so that we can be perfected.
It is just like when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and Peter protested. Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean John 13:8-10,ESV. See when you accept Jesus as your personal Savior you are completely cleaned, but what follows is a process of daily pulling back of the layers and getting rid of the worms of sin. Everyday we are being transformed into the image of Christ!
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at[a] the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2Corinthians 3:18, CSB
Take aways:
Do not be discouraged or condemned by the revelation of layers, God is just perfecting you!
God says come as you are, but he will never leave you as you are!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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