Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

                                                                  Reflectors of the Lord's Beauty

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satified when I awake in Your likeness.
                                                                                        ~ Psalm 17:15

  "Men of the world have their treasure in this world, but men of the world to come look higher and further.
  Our possession is twofold. We have God's presence here and His likeness hereafter. Here we behold the face of the Lord in righteousness, for we are justified in Christ Jesus. The glory of God in the face of Jesus yields us heaven below, and it will be to us the heaven of heavens above.
  But seeing does not end it: we are to be changed into that which we gaze upon. We shall sleep a while and then wake up to find ourselves as mirrors that reflect the beauties of our Lord. Faith sees God with a transforming look. The heart receives the image of Jesus into its own depths till the character of Jesus is imprinted on the soul. To see God and to be like Him - what more can I desire?" (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)