Divine Promotion
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The Glory of God is something we all seem to long for and ask to see. It seems to be the main aim of all worshippers or else should be our main aim.
Moses asked to see God’s glory on Sinai. He could have asked for many other things but he did not. He asked God to reveal His glory to Him.
The glory of God billowed through the temple, leaving the priests too stunned to minister.
When Ezekiel saw it, he had to bow.
It encircled the angels and starstruck the shepherds in Bethlehem’s pasture.
Jesus radiates it. John beheld it. Peter witnessed it on Transfiguration Hill. Christ will return enthroned in it. Heaven will be illuminated by it.
God’s glory touches every person with the potential of changing every life. Including yours. One glimpse, one tates, one sampling, and your faith will never be the same...
Glory, God’s Glory,
How do we seek God’s glory?
Why is God’s glory a priority?
Why do we need to see God’s glory
How do we seek God’s glory?
How do we seek God’s glory?
To seek God’s glory is to pray. “Thicken the air with your presence: make it misty with your majoesty. Part heaven’s drapes and let your nature spill forth. God, show us God”.
What the word Alps does for the mountains of Europe, glory does for God’s nature.
Alps encompasses a host of beauties: creeks, peaks, falling leaves, running elk. To ask to see the Alps is to ask to see it all. To ask to see God’s glory is to ask to see all of God. God’s glory carries the full weight of His attributes, His love, His Character, His strength, and on and on.
David celebrated God’s glory in Psalm 29:1-9
Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord strikes
with flashes of lightning.
The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord twists the oaks
and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
The Bebrew term for glory decends from the root of the meaning heavy, weighty, or important.
God’s glory then celebrates His significance, His uniquenese, Hisone of a kindness. As Moses prayed “Who among the gods is like you, O Lord?” Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?”
Who among the gods
is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
working wonders?
Take a moment and give this some thought:
When you think of “God’s glory” what do you think about?
Think “pre-eminence”.
When you think “pre-eminence” think “Priority” For God’s glory is God’s priority.
How do you display God’s pre-eminence in your own life?
Why is God’s glory priority?
Why should God’s glory be our priority?
Can you imagine God’s staff meetings? If we had them hey? They would revolve around one question: “How can we reveal my glory today? “
God’s to do list consists of one item that is to reveal His glory.
Heaven’s framed and mounted purpose statement would read: “Declare God’s glory”.
He told Moses: “By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified” (Lev. 10:3).
Why did He harden Pharoh’s heart?
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
Why do the Heaven’s exist?
The Heaven’s exist to declare God’s glory.
The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
Why did God choose the Israelites?
Through Isaiah He called out to everyone who is called by my name whom I have created for my glory - Isa. 43:7
Why do people struggle?
God answers
See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?
I will not yield my glory to another.
“Gather to me this consecrated people,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise.
like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
Christ taught us to make God’s reputation our priority on prayer.
Every act of heaven reveals God’s glory. Every act of Jesus did the same.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
The night before His crucifixion Jesus declared:
“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
Paul explains that
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”
And Jesus declared his mission a success by saying:
I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
God has one goal:
I will rescue you for my sake—
yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
and I will not share my glory with idols!
Why does God broadcast Himself?
For the same reason a pilot of a lifeboat does. Think of it this way: you are floundering neck deep in the dark cold sea. The ship is sinking, the life jacket deflating, strength waning. Through the inky night comes the voice of a lifeboat pilot. But you cannot see him. What do you want the driver of the lifeboat to do?
Be quiet?
Say nothing?
Stealth His way through and drown passengers?
By no means!
You need volume. Turn up the volume buddy! But in Biblical jargon of course. You want the pilot to reveal His pre-eminence.
Don’t we want God to do the same? Take a moment and look around.
There are people thrashing around in the sea of guilt, anger, despair. Life is not working. We are going down fast. But God can rescue us. And only one message matters.
HIS!!!!
Make no mistake. God has no ego problem. He does not reveal His glory for His own good. We need to witness it for our own good.
We need a strong hand to pull us into a safe boat, and once on board what is the priority?
We declare his pre-eminence. Passengers promote the pilot!
Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.
But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
God awoke you and me this morning for one purpose:
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
Why doess the earth spin? For Him
Why do we have talents and abilities? For Him
Strength or struggles? For Him
Everything and everyone exists to reveal His glory. Includging you.
This morning I want to challenge you to come and talk to the Lord about the condition of your relationship with Him. Are you where you ought to be?
Are you where you want to be?
Are you hungry for more of Him?
If you are take the time to ask.
You exist to reveal His glory ask Him how He wants you to shine.