Called To Manifest The Glory Of God
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Christianity is much more than going to Church
and joining a group; it’s in fact, the revelation
or unveiling of the new man in Christ: who he is; his
rights, abilities, and glories in Christ Jesus.
The world has a hard time reckoning with or
recognizing us because we’re just like Jesus (1 John
4:17); they didn’t recognize Him. John 1:10 says, “He
was in the world, and the world was made by him, and
the world knew him not.” The world doesn’t know us
either because we’re born of Him. We have the same
life and nature with Him.
On one occasion, He said to the Jews, “I am from
above and you are from beneath.” Letting them know
He was not of this world; He was divinity born into the
sense realm. He came into the world from the realm
of the spirit. Like Him, you’re in the world?this natural
world?but not of this world (John 15:19). You were
born from above, to rule the world.
Romans 8:19 says, “For the earnest expectation
of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the
sons of God.” You were born to reign and manifest
the glories of the Kingdom of God in the earth; that’s
Christianity: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”
(1 Peter 2:9).
What a life! What a calling! You’re called to walk
in, and manifest, the glory of God. The same way Jesus
came to the earth to express God and manifest His
glory, you’ve been called to display God.
If God says you’ve been chosen to show forth
His glory, it means you have the ability to do it. It has
pleased the Father that through you, principalities,
rulers and powers of darkness will be tamed and know
the many sided-wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10).
Today, you’re the express image of God’s person;
the fulfilment of His dream. You’ve been called to
display the virtues and perfections of Christ in the
earth. Fulfill your calling!
Prayer
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for giving me a life that’s beyond
this world. I’m conscious of who I am, and the greater One that
lives in me, to cause your will and righteousness to prevail
through me, by the power of the Holy Ghost, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study
1 John 4:4; 1 Peter 2:9; Romans 8:29-30
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 16:13-17:1-13
Exodus 6-7
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 12:1-10
Job 18-19