Under Development

   We all began as a picture soaked in gasoline. Our image was a distorted one to say the least (Ephesians 2:1-3). But The Photographer saw us that way and because He took our picture to be His perfect image, He was far less than satisfied to see us remain in that state (Ephesians 2:5-10). 

   So, He called each one of us by name, each in His perfect time, to have our pictures re-taken. Only this time He would ensure we were developed properly and marked with His seal. 

   First He sent His best lens, the only One by which we would ever be perfectly captured. Next He took us, while we were still in darkness, and soaked us in His Living Water. Then The Developing Solution He used converted our latent image into precious particles of silver, bathing us immediately afterward in more of His pure Water as a substitute so that we remained at just the right stage of expansion. 

He then sent The Fixer to make His changes permanent and protect His new creation from all but His own Light. Again and again, immersed in His pure water, being made spotless in every way, we are at last conformed into the likeness He meant from the very beginning (Romans 8:29-30), (Titus 3:5-7).