How to reflect the glory of God Pt.2

Messages for June 2017: Our Month of Glory

Message for Sunday the 18^th of June, 2017

Theme: Positioning for the Glory of God

Topic: How to reflect the glory of God Pt.2

Introduction: Last time, we saw a few steps you can take to position yourself to reflect the glory of God. Today, we shall continue that message by looking at what to be to reflect the glory of God. Reflecting the glory of God would place the following character demands on us. We are required to be strong; meek; faithful; grateful; dedicated; diligent; determined; committed to excellence and sacrificial among other things.

Be strong: As far as the word of God is concerned, the rating of our strength is determined by the level of wisdom we have a command of. In Jos.1:1-6, 9 God kept telling Joshua to be strong. The strength here is not just the physical strength but the strength that comes with the wisdom of God operating in the life of a person. In Prov.24:5, we are made to understand that a wise man is strong and a man of knowledge increases in strength. Wisdom is responsible for giving us direction that would in turn position us to reflect the glory of God in a manner that would cause us to rise and shine. In fact it is wisdom that feeds spiritual strength to the point that the wise man can scale the city of the mighty and cast it down. This describes glorious exploits which can only come from God. See Prov.21:22; Eccl.10:10 and Dan.11:32.

Be meek: Meekness is being docile where God is concerned so that you place yourself at His command every day and at every time in your life. Moses was described as the meekest man on the face of the earth during his time by God. In Num.12:3, we read: “Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.” This explains why Moses had such access to God to the point that He actually began to visibly reflect the glory of God so much so that the children of Israel could no longer look at him directly; they had to put a veil over his face because of the blinding effects of the light of the glory of God which his face was reflecting because of spending time in God’s presence. The grace of God upon Moses was undeniable and it showed. We are told in 1Pet.5:5 that God resists the proud but gives more grace to the humble. This was also the lifestyle of the Lord Jesus Christ who said that he could do nothing of himself but depended on what He saw the father doing. The result of His meekness is the eternal legacy He has left us. In fact at the time of his completion of His earthly assignment He was able to say to the Lord that He brought Him glory because he had completed the work He sent him to do. See Jn.17:4; Jn.5:19; Philippians 2:5-9. The Lord was indeed an epitome of meekness and it shows up till today!

Be faithful: Faithfulness is a fundamental requirement for reflecting the glory of God. In the parable of the talents in Matt.25, we see an example of the servant who his master judged faithful for being able to multiply funds entrusted to him to trade with. Every time we are able to labour to increase God’s resources in our care, God judges us as being faithful and He blesses us among other things with His presence. By this we reflect His glory to the world around us. Please understand that God will never judge you based on what He has not given to you but what He has given to you. See Mt.25:21; Lk.19:14-29 and Lk.16:10. The extent of the glory of God you can reflect is rated by the extent of your faithfulness to him in all your ways. Remember God cannot be mocked. People will always reap what they sow. Please understand that it was faithfulness that qualified Abraham for greatness in the magnitude of what God has made him today as the custodian of the wealth of the world. This is glory on display. The same will happen to you if you meet the demand of faithfulness. See His testimony in Neh.9:8.

Be grateful: To be grateful means to be thankful or appreciative. It is your depth of gratitude that determines the brightness of the reflection of your glory from God. The Psalmist said it is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord. One of the things that position you to reflect the glory of God more than most is your level of gratitude to the Lord. You could even go the extra mile of rendering the sacrifice of thanksgiving. This is when you are thankful in spite of adverse circumstances or for things that are yet to be given flesh in the faith realm of your life. See Ps.92:1-2; Ps.116:12, 17. Gratitude is the opposite of murmuring and complaining which are terrible for a glorious destiny. Nothing robs a person of his position to reflect the glory of God like murmuring and complaining. This vice is why many the children of Israel who left Egypt could not make it to their divine destination. See the book of Numbers 13 and 14 and note especially Num.14:27-33.

We shall stop here today for want of time. We continue tomorrow to look at the other qualities you can have to reflect the glory of God.

Meanwhile there may be someone reading this material that is yet to embrace the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our redemption. Please if that is you and you wish to do so right away so that you can reflect the glory of God, this is your opportunity. You can have your heart desire now by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and enlisted into God’s family:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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