My Spirit And God's Glory
My spirit was created to be a depository of God’s glory, of God Himself, of Love Himself.
Paul made a profound statement in Colossians 1:27. He said that there was a mystery hidden for ages and generations from angels and men, but now it is revealed to us. And that mystery is now made known to us. That mystery is made known from the riches of His glory. The mystery is this: Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing, is in us. And His anointing in us is the hope, the earnest expectation of His glory, His Presence made real, manifested to us.
I don’t think we really get it. When we were born again, God Almighty, God Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit came to dwell in our spirits. He is in there with all His power, all His presence, all His glory, everything He is. All that God is, has been deposited in us as His children, His offspring. He is our Father. We have the same spiritual genes that He has. He gave them to us. He gave us His very own nature, all that He is.
In 2 Peter 1:4 we are told that we are partakers of God’s divine nature. We are sharers in His nature. Starting with verse 3 we read that God’s divine power has given us all things (Not anything was made without the word. John 1:3) that pertain to life and Godliness through the knowledge of Him Who has called us to His own glory and excellence or virtue. Through His glory and through His virtue He has given us His precious promises so that through them we are partakers of His divine nature and are given the means of escape from the corruption that is in the world.
We are partakers of God’s nature. And what is His nature? Who is God? What does He have? As I said in the first sentence, God is love. That is Who He is. That is Who I am if I am born again. I am in God and God is in me. And because Love Himself is in me, then I must yield to the Love that is in me. His glory is revealed and His power is revealed as an answer to love, as an outflow of love. Power and glory is the result of Love Himself given place and honor. The power is the result of love yielded to.
I am God’s vessel. My spirit is the place where God dwells, abides, makes His home when I am born again, when I become His child by spiritual birth. In John 14:17 Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would dwell in us, be in us forever. He is the one Who comes to us as God’s children. When we accept what Jesus came and did for us by shedding His blood for us to enter into covenant and for taking our place and becoming the curse for us, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our spirit. In John 15:4 Jesus said that He would abide in us and we would abide in Him as we let His Word abide in us. His word goes into our spirits and changes us, conforms us to His image.
In John 17:20-23 once again Jesus made some very powerful statements. He said that He was not just praying for those to whom He was speaking but for all who would ever come to believe on Him through His Word. He was praying for us, for you and me at that very point in time, those of us who would later believe because we heard His Word taught and preached. He prayed this prayer so that we may be one just as the Father and Jesus are one, that we would be one with them. Why? So that the world may believe and be convinced that the Father sent Jesus. This is the statement I wanted to get to: I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY WHICH YOU GAVE ME THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE. That is a very powerful statement. Then He said: I in them and You in Me, Father, that they may be made perfect in one (united) that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them as you have loved me.
Jesus gave us the glory which the Father gave Him. Do you understand what I just said? The glory that the Father gave to Jesus, Jesus gave to us. THE GLORY, THE GLORY OF GOD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US BY JESUS, TO ABIDE IN, REST IN US. People stand around singing about letting the glory come in, about letting the glory fall. The glory came in when you walked in. He is in you. Let Him out.
In the Amplified Bible in 2 Corinthians 3:18 we read: And all of us with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.
Each day, as we yield to the Lord Jesus Christ and do His Word, we are being changed, transformed into His very own image, displaying His very own nature for all the world to see and come to Him. You and I are His calling card to all the world. Let’s purpose to let Him do a makeover with us every day. We will be a continuing makeover show like those shows on secular television where they change the person and they look so much better.
Well, I can tell you that you look so much better with the glory of God shining out of you and being displayed than you did before He came to dwell in your spirit. Let Him shine forth for all the world to see. He is the best thing that will ever happen to them.
Paul made a profound statement in Colossians 1:27. He said that there was a mystery hidden for ages and generations from angels and men, but now it is revealed to us. And that mystery is now made known to us. That mystery is made known from the riches of His glory. The mystery is this: Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing, is in us. And His anointing in us is the hope, the earnest expectation of His glory, His Presence made real, manifested to us.
I don’t think we really get it. When we were born again, God Almighty, God Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit came to dwell in our spirits. He is in there with all His power, all His presence, all His glory, everything He is. All that God is, has been deposited in us as His children, His offspring. He is our Father. We have the same spiritual genes that He has. He gave them to us. He gave us His very own nature, all that He is.
In 2 Peter 1:4 we are told that we are partakers of God’s divine nature. We are sharers in His nature. Starting with verse 3 we read that God’s divine power has given us all things (Not anything was made without the word. John 1:3) that pertain to life and Godliness through the knowledge of Him Who has called us to His own glory and excellence or virtue. Through His glory and through His virtue He has given us His precious promises so that through them we are partakers of His divine nature and are given the means of escape from the corruption that is in the world.
We are partakers of God’s nature. And what is His nature? Who is God? What does He have? As I said in the first sentence, God is love. That is Who He is. That is Who I am if I am born again. I am in God and God is in me. And because Love Himself is in me, then I must yield to the Love that is in me. His glory is revealed and His power is revealed as an answer to love, as an outflow of love. Power and glory is the result of Love Himself given place and honor. The power is the result of love yielded to.
I am God’s vessel. My spirit is the place where God dwells, abides, makes His home when I am born again, when I become His child by spiritual birth. In John 14:17 Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would dwell in us, be in us forever. He is the one Who comes to us as God’s children. When we accept what Jesus came and did for us by shedding His blood for us to enter into covenant and for taking our place and becoming the curse for us, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our spirit. In John 15:4 Jesus said that He would abide in us and we would abide in Him as we let His Word abide in us. His word goes into our spirits and changes us, conforms us to His image.
In John 17:20-23 once again Jesus made some very powerful statements. He said that He was not just praying for those to whom He was speaking but for all who would ever come to believe on Him through His Word. He was praying for us, for you and me at that very point in time, those of us who would later believe because we heard His Word taught and preached. He prayed this prayer so that we may be one just as the Father and Jesus are one, that we would be one with them. Why? So that the world may believe and be convinced that the Father sent Jesus. This is the statement I wanted to get to: I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY WHICH YOU GAVE ME THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE. That is a very powerful statement. Then He said: I in them and You in Me, Father, that they may be made perfect in one (united) that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them as you have loved me.
Jesus gave us the glory which the Father gave Him. Do you understand what I just said? The glory that the Father gave to Jesus, Jesus gave to us. THE GLORY, THE GLORY OF GOD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US BY JESUS, TO ABIDE IN, REST IN US. People stand around singing about letting the glory come in, about letting the glory fall. The glory came in when you walked in. He is in you. Let Him out.
In the Amplified Bible in 2 Corinthians 3:18 we read: And all of us with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.
Each day, as we yield to the Lord Jesus Christ and do His Word, we are being changed, transformed into His very own image, displaying His very own nature for all the world to see and come to Him. You and I are His calling card to all the world. Let’s purpose to let Him do a makeover with us every day. We will be a continuing makeover show like those shows on secular television where they change the person and they look so much better.
Well, I can tell you that you look so much better with the glory of God shining out of you and being displayed than you did before He came to dwell in your spirit. Let Him shine forth for all the world to see. He is the best thing that will ever happen to them.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:04 PM
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