A Prayer about Being Transformed into Glory

…are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18b

Dear friends, this is the second part of a two-part prayer on the profound verse 2 Corinthians 3:18. Be sure to pray yesterday’s if you missed it.

Glorious Lord,

Can it be? 

Can it really be true that 

because the Spirit has lifted the veil 

that prevented us from beholding your glory, 

we are now being transformed by that same Spirit, 

by your Spirit? 

Can it be that we are far more than fixer-uppers, 

that we are re-created in you? 

Can it be that the glorious image of God 

in which we were created (Gen. 1:26-27)

is being restored in us 

after it was so terribly corrupted by the fall? 

Can it be that one day, 

when you appear, 

we will be given 

glorious resurrection bodies (See 1 Jn. 3:2)? 

And can it be that a day is coming 

when we will stand before the throne of God, 

and the angels will whisper together and say, 

‘How like Christ (s)he is?’”* 

Oh Lord, we believe; help our unbelief!

In your transforming name. Amen.

Read 2 Corinthians 3:12-18; Gen. 1:26-27; 2 Cor. 4:4; 1 John 3:2.

*Principle Rainy’s challenge, quoted in R. Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians Commentary.