Jn. 17:22 - "And the glory which thou gave to me, I have given them ................."
This morning as I was busy cleaning up my house, my little boy called me to the bathroom with his 'buzz lightyear' toy in his hand and he said, "mummy, I want buzz to glow." I looked at the toy and wondered how on earth that can happen. The seven year old looked at my total ignorance and reminded me about the manufacturer's instructions that, if the the toy is exposed to constant bright light for 50 seconds it will be energized to glow in the dark. So I raised the toy up to the 50W light and held it in position for 1 minute and gave it back to him. He then switched off the bathroom lights and amazingly, buzz began to glow in a beautiful lime green light.
Romans 8:19 tells how the world is desperately waiting for the children of God to manifest His glory, but the Church seems adamant of this fact. It sounds more like fiction to the children of God rather than reality.
Every patented device that glows has to and must be first exposed to bright light or be connected to a source of energy for a period of time before it can glow even though it has been built with the capacity to glow. Failure to do this will defy the manufacturers instruction and the device will either be of no use or will not serve its purpose.
We as children of God at time of regeneration, received a new genetic make-up (Jn. 1:12) which enables us to reflect the personality of Jesus Christ. We have what it takes to produce results that draw people to the Kingdom of God. But not until we have been exposed to the presence of God, we can barely contain His word talk less, His glory. Before Jesus departed from the earth He instructed the disciples to go and wait on the Holy Spirit. Immediately after the incident in Acts 2 they were not called disciples any more. They became known as Apostles.
When you are imparted by the Lord's presence, your place in life will begin to re-surface. Eph. 2:10 indicates that we were created for our destiny, to walk in them. In other words, we were created just for the purpose of God's vision of us. We are created to live as God has originally envisioned us. Our destinies were preordained before we were formed, that is why we are to walk in the to make it happen. It is when we become constantly exposed to the presence of God that His glory in us begins to radiate. And whenever we come to a place of darkness and trouble, the glory in us reveals Christ as the answer to the situation. We shine in the place of darkness. We are able to 'create life out of nothing'. We make things happen when it appears nothing is possible. People begin to see the truth in the faith that we profess. All because, the glory that God the Father gave to the Son Jesus, to shine in this dark world to draw people's attention to the truth, has been given unto us.
Before I continue I want you to note this:
The amount of the glorious nature in you will determine the level of the glorious life you live. The level of the glorious life you live will determine the magnitude of work you will do for Him, and the magnitude of the work you do will detemine the impact you make on the people around you and your generation at large.
Now, the question is how do you become exposed to the glorious nature ?
Hetty
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