What’s Glory? (Poem, Part 3)

(See the series here)

There seems to be so much confusion about glory,

Even a song about being under God’s ‘glory spout’,

If you’re reborn, you are the spout where glory is poured out!

So let’s turn another page on our glory story.

Within our spirit and body, glory is hidden,

God’s Spirit received when we accepted Christ.

In our dark world, it’s His power to be light,

Power that, for now, is considered as a token. ¹

This glory is not hidden from, but for you…

…To discover as you develop Christ’s lordship,

         …To reflect back to God in your praise and worship,
…To reveal to those within your life’s purview.

The glory within you is like God’s start-up investment.

Let’s think of it as His Light and Power Company,

For which you and He have joint responsibility.

Though it was paid for by Christ, your role is significant.

From you, He requests and expects daily soul renewal,

To Kingdom principles and laws revealed in His Word,

Then your life, committed to what in your heart He’s stirred,

Yielding both a good return, and power sustainable.

Imagine the problems and angst from a power outage,

Perhaps after a bad storm or from a technical failure.

Now imagine you own that company within your culture!

What if God sees this when you don’t mind
…your glory wattage?

From a distance at dusk, look at a light that’s faint.

As the night grows dark, it will barely be visible.

To see in deep darkness, would that faint light be helpful?

Let this be the picture unattended glory paints.

By reports from around the world, we’re daily buffeted.

Loudly they reveal, ‘These must be the last of
the Last Days era!’

Yet many Christians live life as in a spiritual coma.

As darkness deepens…

Don’t let your life cause God’s glory to be short-circuited. ²

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¹ A down payment for our full glory to be revealed at His appearing. (See: Isaiah 40:5, Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 4:13 and 5:1)

² Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you… (2 Timothy 1:6)  …For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but The Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. (Isaiah 60:2) By Last Days, I refer not to the so-called end of the world, but merely to the end of this current, 3rd age of history. The Bible reveals The Lord’s strategic plan is for 6 ages of history on this current version of Earth, before eternity beckons every human who will have ever been conceived, to a brand new, eternal Earth, with 3 geographic zones: 2 glory zones and 1 damned zone. For much more, see: Human History Ages (Series), and Earth’s Next Versions (Series).