The Glow Of Glory
2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Once you view all your life—the good, the bad, and the bitter—through the grid of God’s glory, everything changes. The apostle Paul writes, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” Make this decision to unveil your face, heart, and spirit—your soul—before God. Remove the layers of self-preservation, protection, and pride, and authentically trust Him. When you do, you will be transformed. His glory will rest on you and thus become your glory. You will be like Moses, who was transparent in God’s presence for an extended period of time. When he returned to his people, “the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’s face shone” (Exodus 34:35). God’s glory was all over Moses. The longer Moses stayed away from God, the more God’s glory would fade, and Moses’s face would no longer shine as brightly until he returned to God’s presence. God’s glory is to radiate inside you so much so that you will have a glow that does not depend on your circumstances.
This glow won’t have anything to do with your situation. Instead, you will glow because you are embracing God’s purpose in your life—to glorify Him by trusting Him even in those situations you cannot understand and do not want to experience. If you want to know your destiny, live for God’s glory even in the daily and mundane things of life (1 Corinthians 10:31). When you live for His glory, He’ll reveal your destiny. But He’s not going to show it to you if you don’t first respect His presence. Once you get that straight, you don’t need to knock yourself out trying to track down your destiny. You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth to locate your destiny. Once you determine that you will live for God’s glory regardless of what you want to do, feel, or experience, God will bring your destiny to you. Savior, make me a vessel of Your glory by keeping me so close to You that You radiate in me and out of me. I want people to sense Your presence when they come near me—in the words I say and the actions I do.
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