Why was the glory seen so much at the turn of the last century? I believe it was because those people were hungry, hungry, hungry for the glory of God. When we become that hungry again, we will begin to walk once more where Jesus wants us to walk—in the glory of God!
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV). That’s the way we ought to live at all times, ‘‘from glory to glory.”
There’s no reason for valleys. Let’s go from glory to glory.
Moses was out herding sheep when suddenly a bush started burning, but it wasn’t consumed. (See Exodus 3:2-5.) He saw the glory of God as God spoke to him, telling him to quit herding sheep and start herding people That was the beginning of the call of God upon Moses’ life—the leading of the children of Israel out of captivity. Actually, Moses depicted a type of Jesus leading people out of sin. The glory of God will still draw people out of their sins.
What is the glory of God? What mystery can it be? How can you know the glory of God? When is it going to come? How is it going to fit into your life? How are you going to fit into the glory of God? Can you see it? Can you hear it? Is it like a “rushing mighty wind” (Acts 2:2)? Is it like a burning bush? What is it like? How can you behold it? How can we in the twenty-first century know the glory of God like Moses did?
Saul of Tarsus had persecuted the Christians, even killing many of them. Even though he thought he was a friend of God, Saul was an archenemy of Jesus. When he met Jesus Christ personally, the glory of God shining out from Jesus was so overwhelming that Saul fell backwards under the power of God. (See Acts 9:3-18.) The glory of God was too much for him to behold. He fell backwards! As a result of that, Saul of Tarsus got saved and baptized with the Holy Spirit. He was blinded! He was healed! He spoke in tongues. Then he went out and preached the Gospel and wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else, because the glory of God had touched his life!
Oh, that God would knock a few more Sauls of Tarsus off their high horses and let them see the glory of God so they would sweep across this nation, across the world, changing lives for Jesus because they had seen the glory of God!
This is the day in which God is displaying His glory mightily, so more than ever we need to believe that God is a supernatural God.
Jesus is supernatural. Everything about the two of them is supernatural. We need to believe in the supernatural so that we can see the glory of God. I want to see the power and the majesty and the glory of God every day of my life. I want to see the manifestations of God’s power. I want to see cripples healed. I want to see children who were born with parts of their little bodies missing totally healed by the power of God. I want to see the glory of God.
What is the glory of God? It can be many things to many different people. To me, the glory of God is the presence of God in everyday living, Jesus walking inside of us, and Jesus doing through us the same things He did when He was on the earth. The Word of God being fulfilled within the life of every believer is the manifested glory of God!
Did it ever dawn on you that Jesus Christ living in your heart is really the glory of God? I want you to walk down the street and just quietly say to yourself, “Jesus is living in here. Jesus is living in here. Jesus is living in here.”
Every time you put your foot down, say, “That’s the footprint of Jesus. That’s the footprint of Jesus. That’s the footprint of Jesus.”
When you stretch your hand forth to help someone or lay hands on them for healing, say, “These are the hands of Jesus. These are the hands of Jesus. These are the hands of Jesus.”
When we begin to speak it aloud and begin to believe it with our minds, our souls, and every beat of our hearts, we will be walking in the glory of God.
I want to see the latter rain. I want to see the former rain. I want to see them both come together, which is what is happening today.
God is accelerating His final thrust before Jesus returns. I want to see the glory cloud of God in services when believers gather together and the glory cloud just fills the place with the presence of God.
I want to see angels. I want to see angels ministering and helping people as we go along in our day-by-day work. That’s the glory of God.
I want to see hundreds, thousands, millions of people saved.
That’s the glory of God!
We will never see it if we don’t believe. If we will just believe, the glory God will pour out upon us will be amazing.
There’s an old song we sang at one of our camp meetings called,
“I’m under the Spout Where the Glory Comes Out.” That is where I want to sit all the time. That is where I want to be. Do you know why I want to be there? Because that is where Jesus sat.
Jesus sat under the glory spout of God and even though He went to the cross for you and me, He went in the glory of God. Because of the tremendous sacrifice God made and Jesus willingly fulfilled, you and I can walk in the power and the glory and the majesty of God today!
Think Glory! Jesus does.