Glory After This

Intro:

I remember when I first became a believer in Jesus Christ, I was on fire. I was on fire because I beleived finally that my situation would be changed forever for the better. I belived once uou became a Chrisain, life would be blesssed and highly favored. Why did I beleive that, because the christains I knew always said they were blessed and highly favored. Theyb would say grace and peace. they would say., I canit complain.

So when I got saved, finnally, and turned my life to God, I expected it to be blessed and highly favored, fill of grace and fuill of prace. You see I id not grow up saved, situations brought me to the place of surrendering to Christ. I came to Chrost by fire. Life was turbalent and Lide at thsat time for me so uncertain. Peace was fleecting and I needed Help!

I ran to help to God because I ran out of the place and people to get help. I was forced to surreder based on the situations that brough fire into my life.

Not every One who came to Christ came because they grew up in the church, just wanted a new strart and a new life, just wanted church, some of us came because our life was on fire and only Jesus had the water to put the fire out.

But as I started my Christian journey, I found out that saints came be the most optismtic when they talk about their joureny called life, and even some I would reflect even lied when they say they were blesssed and hoghly favor. I did not look at the fine print, yes they were blessed and highly favor but that is die to their heavenly postion in Christ, they never said there are times, even as a beleiver you do not feel bleeeds and highly fabored. I beleive they did not warn me, that coming to Christ does not only invclude a resurrection, not always glory, but it includes, trails, it includes, crosses, it included death.

And I found this out, that God was not after my situation do that He can change it, but He was after something more vaulare that a situation that can change from one minuate to another, He was after my life! The situation can change by I could remain the same me, but if He changes me, then the situation can change and His glory can shine through my life retagless of the situations that come in life.

He let me know there will be sufderings in this life, trails, tribulations, tests, but there will also be glory!

There will be victory, there will be exaltation, there will be peace and joy in the Holy Ghost and there will be a Crown!

James declare Blessed are those who perserve, who stand up under the test because unto them will be a Crown of Life from the One who Promises to give those that love Him.

I declare unto you, there is glory after this.

Some of you under the sound of my voice can agree with this because you been through some fires and the water the Lord used to put out the fire almost seem to drown you but you floated on, float, float, float on and you may have though I just floating to Life with not directaion but I beleive you have just not seen where God is leading you to because If you did, you would shout now because you are ging to Glory, there is a reward after this!

Background

The first part of Isaih, chapters 1-39 reavl the mess thatIsreal and Judah fell in. Anybody fell into a mess. They caonstantly rebelled ahainst the Lord and exile was their reward. Remeber Moses warned them in Deut that after He departs this life they wil because of their hardheartness break every command and oath they made to the Lord and will go into exile.

The book of Joshua showed how they struggled to remain faithful that He had to declare before His departure, Chose this day who you going to serve foer me and my house will serve the Lord. The Book of Judges proved howe they reblled against God, served other Gods, and constanlty did what was right in their own eyesight.

Prophets were sentt, the sherrifs of the Ot, the mouthpiece of God to them to warn them yet they would rebelled, so the first 39 books of Isaih was the warning of doom. You asked for it, now you got it. You fell into this mess, you kenew waht was coming, you fell into this mess, you knew God keepts His word, yet you still after the warning, fell into this mess.

Have you every seen people after being warn, still fall into the mess and cr ourt to Gd and yet He lifts them out of what they will still fall back int.

The forst 39 book reveals the jusgement of not leting God clean ou your mess because you are just plain messy. The Asssryians and Bayblians will put you inexile because you love the mess rather than the Masster.

But because Yahew, The Lord’s persoanl Name, His covenantial Name, is a Promise Keeper. That he would not abandon His people foreerver, that here is One who will sit on the Throne forwrever, He is a Covenat keeping God, meaning he is Lyal, not just because of Hos charther, because He is Hessed, has a lyal love, He is loyal because He loves us.

So beginning from Chapters 40- 66, we see restoration and we see Hope. Because of this great message of hope, even in the mist of captivity by the Assyrians and the Babylonians, God is still declaring there is hope, there is salvation, there is deliverance when you understand that no matter what is happened around you, against you, and to you, there is salvation in the Lord!

Arent you glad, that is spite of thr mess, in spiter of the willfill mistakes and desoring to do ti gs according to yu own way, God proviodes hope. I lerarned tyhat after I found out that life, this chirstian lofe ois not all bliss, not all feeling highly favored, not all feeling grace and perace, but what I did dfinsd out, God does restore, God does give hope, God does save, set free and delwiver, God does help and whst I learnt throught te Trainls, there is glory afert this.

Trans: How do I Know This? Lets look at the text and how it relates to us.

Know your worth V. 1

Know you are not by yourself V. 2

Know they aint ahead of you V. 3-4 - look at the height of [ower of those nations, look like they had it all and Isreal was beeanarth them and because of their status, Ireals was forgotten and left out

Know that you heritage is safe- you will see the inheriatnce from tyhe Lord and your progeny will be blessed and all that was taken from you will be restored to them

Know that there is glory after this- it was all for His glory- define glory and what glory looks like in the christain life.

You thougyut it was for your siffering, but it was for His glory- Glory has your name on it- it is specific for a name reveals characther, personality, history, and relationship.

Meaning what is for you, is for you for the Lord has put yur name on what he has in store for you. It is gofted rwrapped in His promises and In His word.