What Does It Mean To Be Human? Another Glimpse posted on myspace 7/20/2008

This morning at Christian Assembly in Eagle Rock, they had a service where they had numerous people come up toward the end of the service. They were carrying pieces of cardboard. On the front of the pieces of cardboard it said things like, "Suicide or God, Alcohol, addiction, cancer, tumor, lonliness, ashamed, sexual identity, and HIV positive since birth." Then each person turned to the back of the cardboard and it said things like, " God, set freed, healed, being healed by faith, my identity is in Christ, accepted by God, living by grace, and God's purpose in my life. It was a very moving moment to see God active in these people's lives.
This is where I felt God say that, "This is only the beginning for those who love me. This is a glimpse of what I'm going to do for my people." (those who confess Jesus as Lord) I am in complete awe of what the Lord will do when He restores all things. Our dreams can be a bit limited compared to what the Lord will do for us and the plans He has for us. God's plans for His people are bigger than anything we can dream or imagine!
So seeing people (fallen humanity) freed, healed, and forgiven is a glimpse of the humanity (true humanity) that we are to become! It is a glimpse of what we along with creation await, that is God restoring all things! I will finish with what the apostle Paul says, "For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God... the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God... And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good! (See Romans 8)