Behold
Well, it's Monday! As we launch into another frantic week, I want to encourage you to behold. Driving in this morning I was meditating on the end of 2 Cornithians 3. The verb "behold" from verse 18 jumped out as I was confronted by the awe-inspiring sunrise. We don't use the word "behold" much in modern English. Unfortunately, we also don't actually "behold" much either. "Behold" at its core is significantly different than "look at". It carries the thoughts of "study", "think about", "meditate on", and "respond to". In our frenetic world we rarely do more than "glance". My brothers, to become the men God wants us to become, and the men our world needs, we need to give significant time to beholding the glory of God. It is through the regular beholding of His glory (both in the world and in His Word), that we are progressively transformed into His image - true manhood. Beholding the glory of God is a vital life commitment of the man of God. He disciplines himself to regularly behold God's glory. Why don't you take some time today to start, or re-up your commitment to behold?!
18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect (as in contemplate) the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. NIV
18But 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. NAS
18And 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. ESV
18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect (as in contemplate) the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. NIV
18But 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. NAS
18And 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. ESV
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