A TASTE OF
“GLORY”
Have you ever tasted “Glory”? Do
you know what it feels like in the natural? Would you like to hang on to it?
I think of my husband, sons, and grandchildren
and all the awards they won in athletics. It wasn’t so much the medals and trophies, as
it was that sweet moment of Glory…when after much giving of themselves to the task at
hand, a rush of accomplishment filled every blood vessel in their body. To realize that they were
truly Number One among all the contestants: that they had won the Great Prize they had so longed for.
[I pray that the Holy Spirit is already showing
you the ‘play on words’ that I am using so that you can relate to how God feels about His
Glory; How His Sacrifice, Accomplishment, and Rewards compare to our meager ones.]
LIKE A GREAT EXPLOSION
OF LIGHT
It’s really a great experience, like an
explosion of light with-in a person. It touches their whole spirit, soul, and body. It’s
a Private Experience…because no one else can truly understand or share completely all the person
feels at this point. It is a Private Moment; a glory that touches to the FULL, only the person
who has received it. It’s a glorious, awesome experience, to be cherished for life. It’s
that person’s
MOMENT OF
GLORY.
But, sad to say, in time, that glory fades. That
great spark of light can vanish over night or by the end of the week. And after years, it can
even be forgotten.
Sometimes a snapshot or an old medal saved in
a jewelry box, or a letter from a friend who remembers your special glory moment, can remind you
of your ‘Moment of Glory’, and there may be a sad sweetness in the memory. You may
even wonder, “Did it really happen? Did I really experience that Moment of Glory?”
Yes, you did. God meant for you to experience
many “Moments of Glory”. You are His child and He wants you to experience many of
the same joys, He experiences.
How
sweet is that Taste of Glory. Sometimes
it comes quick, bright, and fulfilling…a moment of experiencing wholeness in every part of your
being.
Yes, that was only a small taste of the Glory
God has prepared for us. It is only a shadow of the Real Thing…His GLORY.
It
will only become a perpetual (constant) way of life for us as we perpetuate His Glory and
abide in Him and desire to see HIS GLORY fill all temples; private and collectively. As we pray
for the manifestation of HIS GLORY filling the whole earth.
We can live and walk in that Glory today, knowing
that He has already declared it. So, as it is already decided in the Spiritual it will be manifest
in the natural and is already happening. We can live here, today.
The “Glory” on Moses face (2 Corinthians
3:6-11) is a great example of the “Taste of Glory – vs. – The TRUE GLORY OF GOD” that
Remains.
“Christ in me, the hope of Glory”. (Colossians
1:17). The proof of Christ’s desire to share the Glory of God with us is found in my favorite
chapter in the Bible: John 17.
In Verse 22, Jesus prays to the Father His desire
for us, “And the Glory which Thou gavest me (Jesus), I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one.” And verse 24 tells of Christ’s desire for us to see His
Glory.
ACTION:
Look up the word “Glory” in your concordance and read as the Holy Spirit directs you. Who
can explain the magnitude of the meaning of the word of God’s Glory. All I know is
that when it fills the temples (large and small) we will know it.
Praise God and let the Lord be MAGNIFIED.
“O taste and see that
the Lord is good….” (Psalms
34:8).
FOLLOW UP: Praise God, I have already received 3 phone calls today before this message
even goes to press, telling me of the return of God’s Glory in their churches. Our prayers
are being poured out in abundance. When you
see it happening in your local church, would you please let me know. It truly excites
me.
AS ALL GLORY GOES TO GOD…..
WHEN WE KEEP HIM IN FIRST PLACE
Well, I think you get the Picture….Come Lord Jesus…Fill
our temples with
Your Glory!
