HYPERSEEING

HYPERSEEING

READ:

Romans 8:28-30

When He is revealed, we

shall be like Him. -1 John 3:2

Sculptors have a term for the artist’s ability to look at a rough piece of stone and see it in its final, perfected form.  It is called “hyperseeing.”

Gutzon Borglum I1867-1941) is the sculptor who created many well-known public works of art.  Probably the most famous is Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.  Borglum’s housekeeper captured the concept of hyperseeing when she gazed up at the massive faces of the four US presidents on Mt. Rushmore for the first time.  “Mr. Borglum,” she gasped, “how did you know Mr. Lincoln was in that rock?”

Hyperseeing is also a good description of our all-seeing God.  He sees all that we are and more.  He sees what we shall be when He has completed His work and we stand before Him, holy and without blemish:  the exact likeness, the very image of Jesus.  The God who started this great work in you will keep at it until He completes it on the very day Jesus Christ appears (see Philippians 1:6).

God will not be denied!  He has such a longing for our perfection that nothing can or will remain an obstacle until He has finished the work He began so long ago.

If only…if only we will put ourselves in the Master Sculptor’s hands. –David Roper

Doubt whispers, “Thou art such a blot;

He cannot love poor thee.”

If what I am He lovest not,

He loves what I shall be. –MacDonald

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God works in us to grow us into

What He wants us to be.

INSIGHT

Today’s Scripture reading has sometimes been misused by well-intentioned Christians.  When a believer has been devastated by the loss of a loved one, another believer may glibly quote: “all things work together for good” (v.28).  But for someone feeling the hurt and loss of grief, this statement usually provides little consolation.  A more careful examination of the biblical text offers an important insight.  The broader context shows that the blessings and bruises believers experience must be understood as part of the process of being conformed to the image of Christ.  We may not understand why a person was taken from us in this life, but by faith we can have the assurance that all life experiences work together to make us more like Jesus Christ.

Have a blessed day.

God Our Creator’s Love Always

Unity & Peace