Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. NKJV
A PLACE OF FELLOWSHIP
The word "Fellowship" is from the Greek "Koinonia". It means to be intimate. Fellowship is intimacy. Often, I illustrate intimacy using couples. I have seen couples who began to resemble each other after years of marriage. Initially, they looked differently but the moment they became intimately united to each, the journey to resemblance began. In fact, sometimes, their offsprings can have one or two things in their physical look that they picked from both of them. For instance, the shape of the head may look like that of the father but the face may look like that of the mother. That's the power of intimacy.
The kind of fellowship we have presently is just a foretaste of glory. When we enter into glory, we shall experience true fellowship. The intimacy will not be forced, it will be natural. It is until then we shall know all things because we'll be closely knitted with the Godhead: "Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely"(1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT). In that kingdom, our fellowship will not be with God only but with one another. We shall meet with saints of all ages: "And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God"(Luke 13:29 NLT).
In glory, "Eden" will be restored. In that garden, God has fellowship with man but sin broke that fellowship. God longs for us more than we long for Him. The reason He gave us His Spirit is to fellowship with us because every other thing we need is embedded in fellowship. Little wonder why our benediction says, "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL"(2 Corinthians 13:14 NLT). No matter the depth of fellowship we have here and with one another, it is just a foretaste of glory and what is to come. The real fellowship will take place up there. Strive to be there.
Father, my heart longs to be with you, to fellowship with you and behold you just as you are. I receive grace to walk worthy of you in Jesus name.