Though we are now the sons of God
It does not yet appear
What we shall be in time to come
Beyond this vale of tears.
For now we see through darkened glass
But then we’re face to face,
We’ll know in full when all is past
In that bright timeless place.
The already but not yet.
A place encased in time.
A collision of the here and now
With a future not quite defined.
Caught between the seen and unseen
A fulfillment yet to be.
The already but not yet will be complete
When Jesus we shall see.
Heirs of the promise of eternal life
God’s Spirit, our guarantee,
Of greater blessings still confined
Til fully we’re redeemed.
God’s world in sync with ours in time.
The Overlap of the ages.
Until within the blink of an eye,
Forever we’ll be changed.
The already but not yet.
A place encased in time.
A collision of the here and now
With a future not quite defined.
Caught between the seen and unseen
A fulfillment yet to be.
The already but not yet will be complete
When Jesus we shall see.
The whole creation groans in pain
And eagerly they hope
For deliverance from sin’s dark chains
The curse of bondage broke.
And we ourselves God’s holy saints
Are longing for the time
When from this world we’re reclaimed
Adopted, fully thine.
The already but not yet
A place encased in time.
A collision of the here and now
With a future not quite defined.
Sealed until redemption day
A fulfillment yet to be
Until the Lord takes us away
With Him for eternity.
By Karen Mester
1 John 3:2 KJV — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Romans 8:15 KJV — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:23 KJV — And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Excellent, my Love!