The Glory
April 18, 2016
Devotions:
“Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.”
Psalms 72:18-19 NASB
“but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.”
Numbers 14:21 NASB
In the original creation the glory of the Lord filled the earth. Adam was given charge of the earth and when he sinned the glory departed, the earth was cast in to darkness.
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
Romans 3:23 NASB
We were all partakers of Adam's sin, we all fell short of God's glory. But Jesus came to resort what the devil had stolen, God's glory. Jesus restored righteousness to those who would receive what He had done on their behalf. Jesus shone forth the glory of His Father in all that He did. In His resurrcetion He opened the door for the glory of the Lord to fill the earth once again. We are partakers of that glory. God's glory manifest in His goodness demonstrated to the sons of men. God works wonders in the earth through His vessels, us. Every morning we should pray, Lord use me in the gifts or the manifestations of your Spirit today as you will. We are the vessels that God has chosen to use to display His glory and to undo the damage that Satan has perpetrated on God's creation and especially on the crown of God's creation, mankind.
As we walk in the rest of God's fulfilled, finished work in Jesus, that our salvation is a done deal, then we will begin to manifest the works of the Lord. We will walk in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. We will walk like Jesus did on the earth, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons, cleansing the lepers. We will being doing good works and destroying all the works of the enemy. This is us co-laboring with God, God working within us to both will and do to His good pleasure.
Are you confident that God is within you? Are you confident that you are a partaker of His glory?