Devo-Transformed by Glory

Come exhale for a few minutes and let a deeper truth get louder than your inner critic: you are deeply loved, securely held, and not one bit accidental. We open with a blessing that asks God to quiet your spirit and draw you close to the Father’s heart, because peace is often the first doorway to clarity. With an unveiled face, we turn our attention to Jesus, crucified and risen, and we trust the Holy Spirit to do what effort never can. It’s grace-driven change, happening steadily, “with ever-increasing glory,” as you encounter the one true God.

We also speak identity in Christ and calling with specificity: God called you by name, formed you to reflect His glory, and planted you as an oak of righteousness for the display of His splendor. Your purpose is handcrafted, and your Father sees connections you can’t see yet. 

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Transcript

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Welcome to the Father's Business Devotional Podcast, which flows from the heart of Sylvia Gunter and her deep desire to help people know God.

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May God quiet your spirit and soul, draw you close to the Father's heart, and anchor you in the unshakable truth that you are deeply loved and securely held.

Transformation Without Striving

Called By Name And Designed

Masterpiece Identity And Boldness

Your Unique Deposit For Others

Final Blessing And Resource

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2 Corinthians 3.18 says, and we all who with unfailed faces contemplate the Lord's glory are being transformed into his image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. Come with your unveiled face, nothing hidden, nothing striving, just the real you. You're invited to behold him, and as you behold him, you become like him. This is the miracle of grace, transformation not by effort, but by encountering the one true God. As you gaze upon Jesus, the crucified and risen one, you are being changed. His glory is resting upon you and rising within you. God called you by name. Before you ever accomplished anything, before you ever proved yourself, he formed you to reflect his glory in the womb. Your life is meant to be a living testimony of what he is like. You are to reflect his kindness when you show compassion, his courage when you're obedient, his mercy when you forgive others, and his joy when you continue to endure, much like Jesus endured for the sake of the joy set before him. You are an oak of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. You are deeply rooted, unshaken by the storms of life. You were planted intentionally by him. You were created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand for you to walk in. Your calling is not accidental, it is handcrafted. So listen for your Father's voice, let him tell you who you are, let him define your purpose. He sees the full picture, all the connections you haven't made yet, the doors that have not yet been opened for you, the provision he already has prepared before you know to ask for it. God is never scrambling. He is never surprised. He has resources beyond your imagination and relationships already aligned with your destiny. Be blessed to be the true masterpiece that you are. You are not a copy or a knockoff. You're not a mistake. The Lord your maker is your husband and he has crowned you with glory and honor. So don't shrink back. Don't apologize for the way he's designed you. The world does not need a smaller version of you. It needs the redeemed, spirit-filled, fully alive, large and in charge version of you. Be blessed to shine and reflect him in your uniqueness. No one else has your tone of voice. No one else has the story of your journey. No one else has the compassion that you have shaped through the trials that you have been through. These are all parts of the glory he is revealing. There is something that you carry that no one else carries in the same way. And the world needs it. Your family needs it. Your community needs it. The deposit of Christ within you, Christ in you, the hope of glory, is not meant to be hidden. His hope shines through you and your obedience and your love and your faithfulness in the small things. Be blessed today to know deep down in the core of your essence that you are of great worth. Heaven calls you treasured. You are a champion, not because life has been easy, but because his spirit has lived in you through the toughest of days. So be blessed today. Live from a heart fully alive. Be who he made you to be. Do what you were born to do, and trust that as you behold him, you are being transformed from the inside out into ever increasing worth and glory. More blessings like this can be found in Blessings for Life by Sylvia Gunter and Elizabeth Gunter Powell.