I have pondered about the yesterday’s Manna, “One reason
Jesus came into the world was to fill the believers with His glory.” To
understand why Jesus did this, we need to go back to Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden.
Adam and Eve were both created in the “image” and “likeness”
of God. Because of this image, they reflect His love, glory, and holiness. They
lived in a personal fellowship with the glory of God. Ever wonder what the
“glory” was all about? It is heavenly bliss and splendor; wonder of all
wonders; radiant and beauty; great praise and honor; source of pride and joy. [Ref: Gen.1:26 “God said, Let us make man in our image,
in our likeness …”]
Satan had stolen their “glory of God” and Adam and Eve lost
that “glory,” the heavenly bliss (complete happiness) was gone. God’s glory in
them was gone. Now there were no praise and honor. They lost the pride and joy
of being with the Lord God. Their relationship was broken. They can’t fellowship
with the Lord God.
Praise God, we can have the “glory of God’ back to us
through the blood of Jesus Christ and His blood washed us whiter than snow.
This was why Jesus came into the world to fill the believers with the glory of
God. So now what do we do with the glory of God? I want to recite Dean Hardy’s
devotion from August 23, 2010 Manna.
“Cherubims are angelic being who manifest the holiness and
glory of God to humans.”… This reminds me of what the pastor said at Kendra’s
graveside. He shared with me that he was thinking of what to say when he looked
up and saw all of Kendra’s siblings and cousins in the front of the casket. The
Lord gave him this word to say … “Bringing glory to God is to ‘make Him BIG’ to
the world around us, just like Kendra, a little five year old girl, did to
people around her. She made God really BIG in their eyes. This is what we are
called to do, “Bring glory to God … Make Him really BIG!”
Song: We’ve God a
Great Big Wonderful God
WE’VE GOT A GREAT BIG WONDERFUL GOD! …
Great big wonderful God … A God who’s always victorious,
always watching over us – Great big wonderful God …
WE’VE GOT A GREAT BIG WONDERFUL GOD! …
Great big wonderful God … A God who loves every one of us,
does do much for all of us, Great big wonderful God …
He never, never, never leave us, .. He’s always standing by
…
To pick us up if we stumble, ..we’re the apple of His eye …
WE’VE GOT A GREAT BIG WONDERFUL GOD! …
Great big wonderful God … O what a glory it is to sing,
praises to the coming King, Great big wonderful God …
OUR GREAT .. BIG .. WONDERFUL .. GOD! ….
[Word/Music by Tim Spencer,
100 Country Western Gospel Favorites]
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