WHAT... WE HAVE GOD’S GLORY?...YOU BET!

²² I have given them the glory that you gave me…– John 17:22a NIV

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Beloved child of God, you who believe in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you who believe that Jesus Christ has taken care of all your sins, you who trust in His finished work on the cross to save you and make you righteous, you are filled with God’s glory. You have received His life in you and since you are now His temple, His dwelling place as it were, God by His Holy Spirit, with His glory, lives in you.  

God wants you to share in His glory, yes He does; otherwise Jesus wouldn't have prayed the way He did in John 17:22-23. God always heard and answered all His prayers, this one included. God’s glory makes us one, just as Jesus and the Father are One. And as we respond by walking in love towards one another the world will see the glorified Christ in us and be drawn to Him. His glory in and on us is for the purpose of revealing Christ to those who don't know Him, it is not for us to revel in selfishly.

Now, before we start quoting all those Scriptures about "God not sharing His glory with another" (Isaiah 42:8); we must accept the truth that they are not in contradiction to Jesus' prayer. Reading those Scriptures in their proper context, one will quickly notice that God didn't want idols or other gods (Satan and his cohorts included) to be given His glory.

God freely shares His glory with His own – that’s us – think about it, we are in Him and He is in us so...we cannot help, but be filled with His glory! The Bible is replete with accounts of His glory being manifested in and through His people. It was in fact the unbelievers, the ungodly, who met with severe consequences when they attempted to "touch" God's glory, Herod and his famed speech come to mind. He was struck down by an angel of the Lord, not a demon - Acts 12:23 (that should mess up the theology of some… )     

In the OT they had the Ark of the Covenant which symbolized God’s presence, a type, a shadow of it, if you will; in the NT we have the real thing, the substance, Christ in us the hope of Glory. Unlike the OT times where the glory departed and returned depending on how well they kept the Law, we have a New Covenant built on better promises, He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus said:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.  – John 14:16-17 NIV

You have the never fading glory of God in you and on you, whether you feel it or not.  Our faith is to be based on what HE says not on how WE feel. Once you settle this truth in your heart you will be emboldened to do what He has called you to do. You will then know what the Prophet Isaiah meant when He prophesied saying:

then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:8b NIV

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Our righteousness is not a result of our self effort, it is through Christ, it is His and it is imputed to us when we believe in Him. Now since we are in Christ, it is His righteousness that goes before us and it is His glory covers us. We stand before God without any sense of sin, guilt or condemnation just like Adam and Eve did before they fell. May our minds be renewed to this truth and our consciences purged from sin consciousness.

Beloved, you are full of the glory of God. Believe His Word and see His glory manifested in and through you to impact others today. Jesus said:

Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” – John 11:40 NIV