The adjective: "GLORIOUS"
The nouns: "MY JOY" "GOD'S EXCELLENCE" "SATISFACTION"
What do the nouns have in common with the adjective? We learned last night that God is most fully glorified in me when I set my fullest satisfaction in Him. God does EVERYTHING for His glory. His love for me is centered on the desire to glorify Himself through and in me.
How does this work? We were created to glorify God, and when we do the thing we were created to do, we find the fullest satisfaction. God receives the most glory in me when I am fully satisfied by all that He is.
The thought came to me last night as I was driving home that no matter how beautiful and glorious creation might seem, it does not compare to God's glory in the person and work of Jesus Christ. God's glory doesn't get any more glorious than in Jesus. In fact, through Him, for Him, and by Him, all things were created!!! Jesus is the climax of God's glory, the fullest manifestation of everything that is glorious about our God is in Him. He's more than just the sacrificial lamb - the knowledge of the glory of God is in its fullness in the face of Jesus Christ. Try saying that five times fast!
The question that impacted me the most last night was "What makes God glorious?" This is the question that I want to devote my entire life to answering not just intellectually, but also experientially. So how about them apples?
- Mitchel
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