Thursday, December 21, 2006

Create A Atmosphere For My Glory

The Lord has been speaking to me to create an atmosphere for His glory. I know if I were to ask anyone what this meant to them I would get many different opinions. I believe that is because the Lord reveals revelation to us at different times and seasons in our lives. So I would like to share the revelation that He gave me concerning Create an atmosphere for my glory.
First we must seek out what His glory means in order for us to create an atmosphere for it. So I went to the Greek and looked up glory and this is what I found.
1. Opinions, judgments, views
2. Opinions, estimate whether good or bad/ concerning someone
3. Splendor, brightness
4. Magnificence, excellence, dignity, grace majesty

I looked up what atmosphere means, and the Greek says it means vapor sphere. James 4:14 says we are just vapors I found that interesting. Roman 3:23 says “We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Remember that the glory means opinions, judgments, and views. How many of us when we see our brother or sister doing things that we know is not what is best for them instead of praying for them and encouraging them in the things of God, we place our opinions, judgments, or our views on their situation. This is what I believe this scripture is saying about falling short of the glory. God needs vessels in the earth that will not judge man according to their flesh, but will see them with the eyes of Christ, and encourage them and lift them up out of the pit of destruction that they are headed for or already in. We need to love them, and speak the truth of God to them even though it may hurt at the time. The truth is the only thing that will set them free the truth, Christ Jesus.
The Lord also took me over to James 4:14. This chapter confirmed to me what God was saying here about falling short. It begins talking about worldliness, its conflicts, lusts, and murder. It then talks about the consequences. Asking for things with wrong motives. Being a friend of the world making us an enemy of God. It talks about the cures. And how we need to submit to God. Resisting the devil and he will flee. Drawing near to God. And cleansing our hands. And last it talks about the characteristics. What does our character show? We should not speak against one another, we should not be a judge. It tells us that there is only one who is able to save or destroy. That we are just vapors, and that we should ask for his will to be done.
The scripture that just really stood out to me in this chapter was verse 14. “You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. We hear people use this scripture in reference to death being here today and gone tomorrow. In taking this whole chapter and dissecting it, this is my conclusion.
That God is trying to get us beyond ourselves and into his glory. But we cannot do things the way the world does things, or even the way some of the churches do things. We must submit to God. Draw near to Him. We must cleanse our hands. We need to walk in holiness. We have to stop speaking against and casting judgment on our brothers and sisters. We must want and seek diligent for His will for our lives. He is God, and He is the one that is able to save and destroy. When we begin to practice this we will become as vapors that appear for a little while and then vanish away. Because all the people will see is the brightness (Which was another one of the definitions of the glory). Shining forth into the darkness, and people will be drawn to this light, the light of glory. And lives will be touch changed and delivered. Its then we will see miracles happen right before our eyes. Because of the manifested presence of God in our mist. That’s why Moses said in (Ex 33) if your presence does not go with us do not lead us up from here. Moses new the importance of Gods presence. God told Moses that he would fulfill all the promises that he spoke to them. He told them He would continue to bless, protect and anoint. He even promised him an angel as his guide. But Moses wasn’t happy with that. I wonder if God offered his children those things today would they take the buy out. If he would allow us to have our ministries that were all powerful, blessed, protected and anointed. If he would take care of all our financial problems, give us breakthroughs when we needed them. Let us cast out devils, heal the sick and do all the kingdom things, would we be like Moses and say we are not satisfied. I must know you. Only God knows what we would say. I am not just saying having a daily conversation with Him, because Moses already had that. He had a close friendship with God. The Lord spoke to Moses face to face. Moses walked in things with God that we could only dream of. Yet he sat in Gods presence asking to know him more, and refusing to go without him. Moses really wanted to know God.
Moses asked God to “show me your glory”. He was asking Him to show me the inner reality of who you are. Let me know your character by revelation, not just head knowledge. When Gods glory falls in that way, we will ascend to a new level, and we will begin to see God in a knew way, and know Him as we never new Him before, by revelation.
We need to be satisfied with Him and nothing else. We need to keep first things first. Then all the other things will be added unto us. Then we will walk as manifested sons on the earth. Taking his glory everywhere he needs it to go by revelation, because we go know where and do nothing unless the Father is telling us to do it. It is Gods desire for us to be intimate with Him. Psalm 24: 4-5 says “He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessings from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” God wants us to pursue godliness. Hebrew 12:14 says “Pursue peace with all people and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” If we want to see Gods glory fall we must have clean hands a pure heart and true godliness. Godliness is the glory of Jesus manifesting in our flesh. We need to talk, and act like Him in all we do and say. We need to behold his glory. This is how we keep from falling short. Beholding means to fix our eyes upon, to see, or to view. We need to fix our eyes upon Him the King of Glory. Then we will be transformed into his image and likeness. II Corinthians 3:18 says “But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as the spirit of the Lord.” The closer we get to God, the more the light of his glory exposes our darkness. It may not feel good, but God loves us enough not to leave us the same. He will transform us because He needs us to fulfill his plan on this earth. The bible says that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord is going to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2: 14). People are going to know God through us. Sickness, and disease is going to leave people as God works his healing power through us. God is transforming us into vessels or containers that is going to carry his glory into the uttermost parts of the earth. We are becoming as vapors that appear for a little while and then vanish away, because all people will see is the brightness (which is another definition of the glory.) that is shining forth into the darkness of this world. Drawing ALL PEOPLE unto it. John 12:32 say “If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to Myself.” So arise shine for the light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Let us all go forth praying and allowing his kingdom to come, and his will to be done, so the manifested glory of God can shine forth in our lives to touch the world for Him.

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