Unseen

"When Christ, your very life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory," Colossians 3:4.

So Christ works to make all things new. He acts powerfully from the right hand of the the One seated on the throne in the skies. Now, we don't see any of this. Clearly, Jesus is hidden in God. How do we know? We walk by faith, not by sight. Not by sensory experience. Yet, comes a day (The Day) when the now invisible shines. Suddenly, Jesus shows up in the skies, every eye will see, east to west. No more faith: simply direct, incontrovertible, sensory experience. And every knee will bow. I mean, what else is there to do? Well, except for those that wail ruefully at the sight? But here's the really cool part: Jesus sends out his messengers to collect every single person who didn't see, yet believed, to make his unseen congregation glow in overwhelming, evident glory! wow.

Though unseen presently, we give thanks to God, King of ages, and to his hidden Christ, who gives us life. As you participate today in the life of a brother or sister, remember to joy in the Day when, together, we shall see the eternal, forever. Brilliant.