"I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one" (John17:22).
Have you ever thought about God's glory? When I think of God's glory, I think of smoke, fire, light, awe, reverence, thunder, stillness, miracles, wonders ... the list goes on and on.
And in light of all these wonderful descriptions (and words cannot describe God's glory, so words are just like shadows of the real thing!) Jesus said that God has passed His glory to Jesus (which I can fully understand and accept), and then Jesus has passed the same glory on to us! That's amazing! That's more than my carnal mind can comprehend. It takes heavenly enlightenment to fathom that God's glory resides in me. But it does, according to the Scripture above.
Why did Jesus give us God's glory? So we could boast? So we could "bask in the glory"? So we would have something to be proud about? No, no, no!
Jesus gave us God's glory so we should be one! One with God, one with Jesus, and - and this is very important - one with one another!
And that paints a whole other picture of the situation, because what is God? He has glory, but He is LOVE! And for you and me to be one with Him and with each other, we need to be filled with and walk in His Love!
That leaves boasting, bragging and basking out of the picture, doesn't it? Because
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" (1 Kor 13,4-8).
These are some of the characteristics of LOVE, God's Love! And if you and I want to be filled with God's glory, which He so lovingly and generously has given us through Jesus, we need to walk in this kind of love.
Difficult? Yes, in our selves. Impossible? No, not through Jesus. It requires, however, that we give up our own, carnal lives, and live HIS life, in love, filled with His Glory!
Have you ever thought about God's glory? When I think of God's glory, I think of smoke, fire, light, awe, reverence, thunder, stillness, miracles, wonders ... the list goes on and on.
And in light of all these wonderful descriptions (and words cannot describe God's glory, so words are just like shadows of the real thing!) Jesus said that God has passed His glory to Jesus (which I can fully understand and accept), and then Jesus has passed the same glory on to us! That's amazing! That's more than my carnal mind can comprehend. It takes heavenly enlightenment to fathom that God's glory resides in me. But it does, according to the Scripture above.
Why did Jesus give us God's glory? So we could boast? So we could "bask in the glory"? So we would have something to be proud about? No, no, no!
Jesus gave us God's glory so we should be one! One with God, one with Jesus, and - and this is very important - one with one another!
And that paints a whole other picture of the situation, because what is God? He has glory, but He is LOVE! And for you and me to be one with Him and with each other, we need to be filled with and walk in His Love!
That leaves boasting, bragging and basking out of the picture, doesn't it? Because
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" (1 Kor 13,4-8).
These are some of the characteristics of LOVE, God's Love! And if you and I want to be filled with God's glory, which He so lovingly and generously has given us through Jesus, we need to walk in this kind of love.
Difficult? Yes, in our selves. Impossible? No, not through Jesus. It requires, however, that we give up our own, carnal lives, and live HIS life, in love, filled with His Glory!
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