“I have glorified thee on earth; I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do. Jn.17:4
Recently, I saw a broadcast precisely a prophetic
documentary on the life of Dr.Billy Graham who just passed on from time and I
learnt a great lesson from his story about destiny. A person is born into this
world for a purpose, for the first twenty years of his/her life, they are on a
quest to discover what that purpose is which is why they try out so many things
until they come to a realisation of it. As soon as they know what it is, they
begin to pursue that purpose until it is accomplished and they have to return
to God. The death of Billy Graham has been said to be a landmark by some men of
God including Dr. Benny Hinn, heralding the great move of God releasing His
glory in time before the return of the Lord. It is going to be a move that
would see previously hidden vessels of God especially women and children being
used by God in very dramatic ways that would eliminate any doubt as to the
reality of the Living God.
What then is
glory? The word glory is drawn from
the Hebrew word Kabod which means literally: weight. Glory as we know it today is the manifested presence of God
that humans can relate with. In the book of Exodus 33:18-19, Moses asked God to
show him His glory if he had found favour with Him and the Lord assured him
that he would and in Exodus 34, He kept His word. Then in verses 6-7, He
introduced himself in the following words which reveals His character to us in
such a way as to bring us great encouragements in our relationship with Him:
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and
sin, and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon
the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
This goes to tell us that the bulk of what can be said
about God is that He is more merciful than we have dared to believe because of
the level of perversion the enemy has corrupted the minds of men with. He wants
to show mercy more than He wants to judge so he sent His only begotten son to
take our place in judgment and be able to send us His Holy Spirit to help us
live the life we were originally destined to live and to live it better just
like Jesus Christ lived it. This is what I call walking in the Spirit as
Apostle Paul shows us in the book of Gal.5:16. Also, God has made provision for
us to be able to mortify the deeds of the flesh by the Holy Spirit in Rm.8:11
and 13.
The manifest presence of God comes on His children in
weights and for any of us to be able to bear the weight of His glory, we have
to position ourselves for it by walking in the spirit. This means, we must give
up every kind of selfishness. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
[1Cor.15:50]. Recently while prayerfully looking at Gal.5:16-23 and comparing
the works of the flesh with the fruit of the spirit, I immediately observed
many things about my life that were not really glorifying God. I asked help of
the Holy Spirit to change them and the change brought me such dramatic recovery
of my prayer and word study life that I was amazed at the new me. I decided to give
up everything selfish that I could detect about me to enable me grow a more
intimate relationship with the Lord. These changes reflected in every area of
my life to the point of others around me at home being impacted positively and
the changes were instant as though God had been waiting for me to make those
changes.
A
look at the story of the Lord Jesus Christ who is our perfect example shows
that the means by which we glorify God is fulfilling the purpose for which He
sent us into the world. We talk of fulfillment when we start and complete the
mission He sent us into the world for. In John 17:4, the Lord said: “I have glorified thee on the earth: I
have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” What the Lord is saying here is that the beginning and completion of
the work of God assigned to Him is the means by which God was to be glorified
in Him. He said, He brought God glory because he had finished the work which
God gave him to do. Also, in Matthew 5:13-16; He likened us to the salt and
light of the earth. He said when we let our light shine before men, they will
see our good works and glorify our father in heaven.
This month therefore, God
wants each of us to step back from ourselves and examine our lives first to see
if we are still in faith and secondly to see ways we may have strayed from him
and what to do to get back on course with him. As we do so, God’s plan for us
will be clarified and we would receive His grace to deliver on our mission in
life. God wants to show mercy as that is His nature. He is calling us to do
likewise so we can really gain the capacity to carry the weight of His glory as
He wants to use us this season to reveal his goodness to the world around us so
that people can be awakened to Him and seek Him with all their hearts until He
is found by them. See 2Cor.13:5; Heb.12:6-11; Jer.29:11-13 and Jn.5:19, 30.
To this end, this month,
we shall be looking at a series that would prepare us to be properly positioned
for the glory of God to rest on us as He comes on earth this season. The reason
is that the glory of God would only rest on prepared vessels. How do we get to prepare?
First, we must find out
our specific place in the general plan of God.
Second we have to pay the
price to build capacity for our assignments because whatever your God given
vision is, it will be bigger than your present capacity if it is of God.
Thirdly, you have to work
out your salvation or run diligently and wisely in the destiny course God has
charted for you until you fulfil your purpose. [Philippians 2:12-13]
When your course is done,
you will know it and you will be able to say like Jesus Christ that you have
brought God glory by finishing the work He gave to you. See 2Tim.4:6-8 and
2Pet.1:13-15.
In this season, it is
God’s desire to see all His children discovering and successfully pursuing
their purpose until they are actualized.
The starting place for
anyone reading this blog who is yet to be acquainted with God is to make that
acquaintance right away. The only access
to God’s family is through the new birth experience. Jesus said we must be born
again. If you want to take that step right away, you can do so by saying the
following prayer in faith and you will be born again:
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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