Colossians 3:3-4 Hidden With Christ

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. [Colossians 3:3-4 NASB]

Jesus said;

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” [John 3:3 NASB]

The natural human spirit is corrupted and at enmity with God. When we come to Christ, our old, corrupt spirit dies, and is raised up with Christ - born again - as a new spirit which is clean and pleasing to God. Paul said;

“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. [Galatians 2:20 NASB]

The life that we now live is hidden with Christ in God. It is hidden in the sense of being buried like a seed in the ground. Jesus told this parable;

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” [Matthew 13:31-32 NASB]

Just as the mustard seed starts as something small and humble, then becomes something great, so it will be with us. When Jesus is revealed, we will also be revealed in glory. Our glorified bodies will be nothing like our current bodies. Paul says;

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. [1 Corinthians 15:42-44 NASB]

Our resurrection bodies will be glorified in the same way that Jesus has been glorified. John says,

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. [1 John 3:2 NASB]

We have this hope of eternal glory, when we will be revealed for who we truly are. 

Keep this hope alive in your heart so that you will be motivated to live for Him. I know that people are motivated by different things. For many it is the hope of eternity in heaven, walking down the streets of gold. For some, it is the hope of a reward as He says, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

What stirs my Heart is the thought that I am His reward. Paul said,

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, [Ephesians 1:18 NASB]

In Revelation, John describes the moment when Jesus receives His inheritance;

Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” [Revelation 19:6-9 NASB]

We are the bride of Christ. We are the saints who are clothed in righteousness. We are His inheritance.

Heavenly Father, thank you for the hope that You have given me. I praise you that You have hidden my life with Christ in You, and I eagerly wait to be revealed, to the praise of Your Glory.