Thursday, September 12, 2019

God's Glory

Chuckle: An honest seven-year-old admitted to her parents that Billy had kissed her after class. "How did that happen?" gasped the mother. "It wasn't easy," admitted the young lady, "but three girls helped me catch him!"
Quote: “Set God apart from mortal men, and deem not that he, like them, is fashioned out of flesh. Thou knowest him not; now he appeareth as fire, now as water, now as gloom; and he is dimly seen in the likeness of wild beasts, of wind, of cloud, of lightning, thunder and rain. All power hath he, lo, this is the glory of the Most High God.” –Aeschylus
GOD'S GLORY
"Now, the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, he gives freedom. And all of us have had the veil removed so that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18 NLT).
We often hear the term, "God's Glory." These are words we use to describe the totality of God's attributes or characteristics: holiness, love, grace, truth, goodness, mercy, justice, knowledge, power, eternality -- all that He is -- the very essence of His being. When we attempt to understand and describe the dimensions of God's Glory, we immediately run into the limitations of our finite minds and the inadequacy of words to accurately describe God's Glory. But as we walk with God and grow in our faith, the Holy Spirit gradually lifts the veil of mystery and more and more of God's Glory is revealed to us and through us.
God's glory is as intrinsic and essential to His nature as light is to the sun, as blue is to the sky, as wet is to water. We don't make the sun light, it is already light. We don't make the sky blue, It's already blue. We don't make the water wet, It's already wet. Light is intrinsic to the sun; Blue is intrinsic to the sky; and wetness is intrinsic to water. So it is with God. All His attributes are intrinsic to His nature and constitute His Glory which cannot be added to or subtracted from. It's the reality of His very being.
Contrary to God's intrinsic glory, we have no glory of our own, and our only glory is that which God grants to us. Even an earthly king has no glory except that granted to him by his subjects. He has no intrinsic glory, and His robe, scepter, and throne only depict the glory granted to him.
Likewise, we have no glory except that which is imparted to us by the Holy Spirit. We are like the moon, which has no intrinsic light of its own, that is limited to only reflecting the light from the sun. But as we continually gaze at God's nature with Spirit-enlightened minds, we can become more understanding of His glory, become more like Him, and more accurately reflect His nature and glory.
"The Word (Jesus) became flesh and made his dwelling with us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father full of grace and truth" (John 1:14 NIV).
Love, Jerry & Dotse

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