An old song
mentions being ‘under God’s ‘glory
spout’. 1
We also speak of
glory as Heaven, i.e., a place,
Yet ‘giving honor and glory to God’ is
commonplace.
Without any
thought, we ‘give ALL glory to God’,
But He’s no
‘glory hog’, so that notion is flawed!
We’ve all heard He
meets our needs ‘by His riches in glory’.
Is that from
Heaven, or might there be …another story??
A place, a thing,
down here, up there …glory notions.
I conclude about
glory there’s much confusion!
So by ‘glory’
exactly what do we mean?
Where can we go for
glory insights to glean?
Dictionaries define
glory as a noun and verb,
Relating to things
impressively splendid, superb,
To actions
that highlight distinctive excellence,
Also relating to
God’s powerful brilliance.
Then, The Bible’s
references to glory add to this long list:
Glory of man, the
heavenlies, even boasting …that’s
a twist.
But about this
ubiquitous word and God’s intention,
There are some
great things that really
captured my attention!
From the start to
the end, glory dominates the
scene,
As the light and
power of God, both seen and unseen,
His overshadowing
presence that is infinite,
And His love,
nature and character that are perfect.
We could speak
endlessly of The Glory of God,
And in doing so, we
would be totally awed.
But let’s focus on
a different aspect:
That is the glory
by which we are bedecked!
For us who are the righteousness of God in Christ,
We have been
given His glory power and light.
Within our earthen
vessels, His glory is hidden. 2
So why think of glory
as everywhere but within?!
In lieu of wanting to
be ‘under
God’s glory spout’,
We are the spouts where His Glory in Earth is poured
out!
The Lord says for
lack of knowledge His folk perish. 3
Could our understanding
of glory be childish??
Stay tuned and let us
try our lives to salvage,
As about glory we e-x-p-a-n-d our knowledge.
(Stay tuned for Part 2)
(Stay tuned for Part 2)
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1 Under the Glory Spout
2 See: 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
3 See: Hosea 4:6
