For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, how much more will what is permanent have glory? Since we have such a hope, we are very bold. – 2 Corinthians 3:11-12 (My translation) What if I told you that we are destined to walk with a glorious boldness? Would you believe me? Not only would you laugh at me, you’d probably call me a heretic. First, you would argue that none of us are capable of a type of boldness that can shine gloriously. Then you would argue that even if we could live with that type of glorious boldness, we wouldn’t be able to find that boldness within us. I mean, how can we develop a confidence to live our lives with such unhindered freedom given all the things that break us down and rip us apart? Our past confesses that living gloriously bold is nothing more than wishful impossibilities! Just think about the last time you thought you said something super insightful at a work meeting. You thought it was the most brilliant idea, so you share it boldly. You say it with such confidence that you begin thinking in your head that you will receive a nice bonus for saying what you just said. Then it strikes… ERROR. It was actually a dumb idea we imagined being boldly glorious and now we’re sitting through the remainder of a now, very uncomfortable meeting; red with embarrassment. Luckily for us, the prescripts of glorious boldness have nothing to do with our ability. Because if it did, we’d be better off living life with a paper bag over our heads. To live with glorious boldness is to unveil our hearts to God. To unveil our hearts is simply to turn our attention from the obsessions we have in our daily lives to obsessing over the search for our Savior God. The search for our Savior God is to accept Him for who He says He is in our lives. When we accept Him for who He is, we become transformed from the meek, weak, and anemic individuals we were nurtured to be through life’s circumstances and unleashed through Spiritual freedom to become what God’s nature dictates us to be. So allow me to reframe your perspective in life. If we treasure and find confidence in things that illuminate our lives but don’t transform it, then we will never be free from the depreciating nurture life bonds us with. What I am urging all of us to do is to let go of a false hope of glory which are tied to accomplishments, possessions and titles. We can boast most gloriously and boldly because of them; but only provide fleeting moments of empty pride. Our hope, the resurrection of Jesus, our Christ, gives us an unyielding confidence to live boldly as we were created to bring full glory to God. Just imagine where we would be if we would simply unveil our hearts to the possibilities of hope Jesus Christ offers. Find your glorious boldness in something everlasting and unchanging.