EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) July 8, 2025 - INTO THE SAME IMAGE* REV. AROME E. TOKULA 2 Corinthians 3:18 - “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.* It is said that the human eye can register 36,000 visual messages per hour but can only focus on about 2 to 4 per time! Our ability to wade off distractions and focus on what God has said in His Word is the key to producing results from the Word of God! We know that the same light ray that is diffused when focused becomes a laser that cuts through metals! The bible says in Proverbs 4:26-27, 26 PONDER THE PATH OF YOUR FEET, and let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil.” The truth is, if you focus on the Word of God and keep away from the distractions that come to you from the left or right, you will be established in anything that the Word of God says. When my health was queried for cancer and my body was ridden with pains, one of the things I decided I was going to do was to zoom in on what God’s Word said concerning my healing. I always had a message on healing or victory over death playing either on my phone or any other digital device around me! I went to bed listening, slept listening, walked listening. I could literally preach some of the messages! I kept away every distraction and wouldn’t even read or watch anything that mentioned cancer! Jesus said in Luke 11:34 (AMP), “The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, FOCUSED ON GOD], your WHOLE BODY also is full of light [BENEFITING from God's precepts]…”The spiritual principle here is that whatever you focus on from God’s Word determines the image that you see and what you see is what you are eventually transformed into! On the mount of transfiguration, the bible says in Matthew 17:3, “And behold, MOSES and ELIJAH appeared to them, TALKING WITH HIM.” This means that while Jesus was on that mountain, He fellowshipped (talked) with Moses and Elijah, who represented the Law and the Prophets respectively. Both had extraordinary miracle ministries, and there is no record of either one of them seeing death. This is what Jesus focused on and that was the image that was formed in His heart. Jesus’ ministry was also characterized by extraordinary miracles, and He also defeated death in His death, burial and resurrection. Jesus had similar experiences with Moses and Elijah because He constantly looked at their ministries. As a child of God, if you stay focused on what you see from God’s Word, you will be transformed into the same image! DECLARE Thank You Father for the power and potency of Your Word that creates the right images of victory and glory in my heart. As I wade off every distraction and negative report and choose to make Your Word my constant gaze, my life is changed from the inside out because I am daily becoming what I am beholding in Your Word in Jesus name! PONDER Whatever you focus on from God’s Word determines the image that you see and what you see is what you are eventually transformed into! #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #July #TheMonthOfGrace #2025_TheChristOurLord