A Spectacle Of Glory #91

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:43-44, LB

In today’s Scripture, we read, “The bodies we have now embarrass us, for they become sick and die; but they will be full of glory . . . Yes, they are weak, dying bodies now, but when we live again they will be full of strength. They are just human bodies at death, but when they come back to life they will be superhuman bodies. For just as there are natural, human bodies, there are also supernatural, spiritual bodies.” I can hardly believe it. I, with shriveled, bent fingers; atrophied muscles; and no feeling from the shoulders down will one day have a new body—light, bright, and clothed in righteousness—powerful and dazzling. Can you imagine the hope this gives someone with a spinal cord injury, a brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, or bipolar disease? As the apostle Paul writes, we can “be joyful in hope” just allowing our imaginations to think about such things.^a

Lord, I thank You and praise You for the indescribable, almost explosive hope in 1 Corinthians 15. When I’m weary and discouraged over arms and legs that don’t work, I remember that the time is very short—a handful of years at most—until I will step into a new body made to live forever. A body like Yours! What a wondrous, joyful thought!