“As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness” (Psalm 17:15 ESV).
David’s psalm anticipated the reality of going to sleep in this world and awaking to the righteous face of the Lord in the next. The Spirit inspired him with expectation of a day when he would be fully “satisfied” to be found in the Lord’s “likeness,” made righteous and fit for living in His presence.
This “face” and this “likeness” belongs to none other than the Lord Jesus. For as the apostle John wrote, “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2). And as the apostle Paul wrote, “Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face” (1 Cor. 13:12).
Can you join with David and all the saints in saying, “As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness”?
PRAYER: Dear Father, we long to look upon the face of Your Son and live forever in Your presence. Until that day, strengthen us to live for Your glory and fill us with Your Spirit that we might do Your will. In Jesus’ name, amen.