The Lord will give us nothing less than glory!
We deserve shame, but He will give us glory. We deserve misery, but He will give us glory. We deserve condemnation, but He will give us glory. We deserve Hell, but He will give us glory.
If we belong to Jesus, then all that He has is ours. The poorest believer shall be as rich as Jesus; the weakest believer shall be as strong as Jesus; the most despised believer shall be as glorious as Jesus!
"The glory which You have given to Me, I have given to them!" (John 17:22) His glory belongs to us; He has made us heirs of God, and joint heirs with Himself. What a wondrous gift is this! Jesus gives His people His own glory, the glory of sonship, the glory of union with Himself, the glory of likeness to Himself, the glory of being with Him forever! This is the perfection of Heaven that we shall be conformed to the image of God's dear Son.
The saints shall have a glory which shall never fade, a beauty which shall never wither, and a blessedness which shall never end. This is the very summit of our desires. He shall see Him as He is, and we shall be like Him! The certain hope of every true saint is not merely escape from judgment; but final conformity to, and communion with, the glorified Christ.
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
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Psalm 84:11 ... For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Romans 8:30 ... Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
1 John 3:2 ... Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. ❤
