March 28

“But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the some image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18

Not only does the Spirit of God indwell regenerate man; he is ceaselessly at work refashioning him according to the image of Christ. We are wrong to treat the Holy Spirit merely as an honored guest when in fact he has been living in his house for ten or twenty years. He is the active owner-occupier, fashioning, building, reshaping, until the marks of his workmanship are unmistakable. That is how it should be.

When a house has been occupied by someone for a long while, it begins to reveal his personality, his tastes, his pleasures and fulfillments, and we see this often when we go into homes. Just so, the fruits of the Spirit begin to appear where he is dwelling, as old features of the believer give way, step by step, to the likeness of Christ. The man is changed from glory to glory when the Lord the Spirit is at work.