The miracles Jesus performed were not only evidence of who he was – and evidence that the Father was living in him and doing his work through him – but were evidence of what the Father gave to his only begotten Son – for the miracles of God were not only for our own obvious and not so obvious healing but came to us with power and glory - glory to be one with the Father in whose name the miracles were performed – the glory which is revealed when the miraculous manifests – when the impossible manifests – the glory which changes us - enabling us to glorify the God of Glory and to reveal and display the glory of God - for to glorify him brings the miraculous into being and the miraculous brings glory to his being –
The glory of his oneness and the glory of his being as the extremities of his nature and his abundant free flowing life which abounds in the freedom of the truth as the power of his love gives passionate embrace as his glory which he set in the heavens also covers all of the earth – the glory of his Name and who he is and what he holds is the glory the Father seeks for himself – the glory of the oneness he has with his Son and his Holy Spirit and all things which came from him – the glory which made God one - the Father one with Jesus and the Holy Spirit – the glory and freedom of the truth - the glory the Father would only give to no other except Jesus his Son and his Word – for such is the giving of it - for such is the power of it – such are the results it manifests - for such is its nature to bring all into perfect eternal oneness – and such is the power and glory which comes forth when the Name above all other names is given exaltation praise and honour – when the Name above all other names is given thanks honour blessings praise and glory– and we need power to glorify him –we need knowledge to glorify him – we need understanding to glorify him – we need love which transcends all else to glorify him – we need the oneness of Jesus in us and the Father in Jesus to glorify him – we need the glory to glorify him –
And if we are not one with him we cannot be one with each other for we only come into our oneness with each other within Christ - for it is Jesus in us who is the common thread and it is Jesus who makes us one – it is not us but Christ in us which makes us one with others who have Christ at work in them –
Jesus coming into oneness with himself in us and the Father in us and the Holy Spirit in us – that is the oneness the glory brings - and that is the glory that oneness brings – the glory of God - not the glory of those of the world but the glory of those who are not of this world but who still have to live in this world -
Jesus gave us the glory – the glory of God’s oneness to make us one – to make us perfected in unity - Jesus in us and the Father in Jesus all being perfected into one - into one testimony and that is the testimony of Jesus Christ our Lord – for the glory was given to Jesus because the Father loved him even before the foundation of the world and the glory of that love will change the world so they will know that the Father sent Jesus and they will recognise and understand that the Father loves us as much as he loves his Son.
For the glory of our oneness with Jesus reveals the God of the heavens and the earth - and the only hope we have of glorifying the Father is Christ in us the hope of glory – Christ in us in the full power of his Name and in the fullness of his eternal resurrection and eternal Glorification -
For the display of glory which Jesus manifested gave rise to his disciples believing in him and putting their faith in him – so the glory when displayed out from us will make all those who see its manifestation believe and put their faith in God - for our oneness with him and his oneness with us will have been displayed as the power and glory of God is working its miracle for such is the power of it within us – such is the power of the glory of God’s love within us -
For Jesus knew that once the glory of God was displayed it would draw the multitudes to him - for its power to draw to he who is the one and only true God and to bring those not one with him into confusion and disrepute with him would now come fully into its manifestation – as his walk to the cross and his return into glory now drew speedily near for the power and the glory of God was headed for the cross of salvation – the cross of power – the cross which would glorify God and the Christ he did send – for it is for God’s glory that all are brought to their knees in repentance before him - for that is where they will find the glory of God as our salvation rises up to meet us as it takes us into our resurrection and our eternal glorification – for God glorifies us and covers us with his glory as glorification is given to our bodies and our lives – for such is the glory he gave Jesus before the foundation of the world that once JESUS gave it to those who believed and would come to believe in the message of his testimony that it would bring to those who had it and used it and glorified God through it an added treasure of being with Jesus where he is to see his glory that the Father gave him before the foundation of the world - for Jesus gave us the glory but when it comes through us and others it comes in different degrees and different ways and different portions but to see it as it was given to Jesus – to see it as it responds to Jesus and as Jesus responds to it - is to see the merging and interrelating between the Father and Son – for he gave it to us so the world would know that the Father loved us as much as he loved Jesus and so the glory of oneness – the glory of God’s love is to flow out of us as it did out of Jesus – as we respond to it as he does and as it responds to us as it does to the oneness of Father and Son and Holy Spirit.
For the nature of God’s glory is to change all and everything to be of and for the glorification of God – to be of the glory of God and to be for the glory of God and to come into the glory of God so we may believe in the testimony of Christ – to believe in the one who was sent from the Father with the words of solid and eternal truth –
For Jesus revealed the glory and its power and he gave of his glory and then of the power when we received the Holy Spirit so God would be revealed through our oneness with each other as God grew us in Christ as we remained under the guidance and counselling of the Holy Spirit – for as the glory of God reveals God through us - so revealed is our oneness with others who are alive with the abundance and fullness of the living Christ which is revealed through them – for he reveals himself through the glory of his oneness which has made us one with him in all of the eternal purposes of his heart – for the Father seeks glory for himself and he seeks glory for the Son – he seeks to receive it again and again and he seeks to give it again and again - so we may come to him and meet with him where he is and then remain with him where he is ~
For our God lives in unapproachable Light – unapproachable word and unapproachable power - and it is only God who can draw us into where only he can dwell – for it is unapproachable until we are in its likeness – unapproachable until we are not blinded by the light of his presence – unapproachable until we are a part of the glory of his name - until we ourselves perform miracles for God with what he has given us - for Jesus revealed the glory of God so we could put our faith in him and believe he came from God - and when we use what God has given us that glorifies him – it glorifies him when we use what he has given us through Jesus Christ and with the power given us by the Holy Spirit – but it does not glorify him when we use what he has given us without listening to Jesus – and without Jesus as our foundation - and when we use it without the Holy Spirit as our counsellor and without the Holy Spirit as our teacher ~
For his glory is powerful - changing not only substances such as water to good wine and food into an abundance but changing the substance of our flesh and soul and spirit and heart and mind our motives and our faith - changing them from earthly to heavenly – to being of the world to not being of the world and that is what glorifies the Father –
The disciples saw his glory and they put their faith in God – for it was not water which of a hardness to change but our hearts - for the changing of water to wine was what would happen to those of whom placed their faith in Jesus – their faith in God – for as the good wine was revealed so was the power of God to change the heart of men - for it was not good wine to satisfy their human desires but good wine - the best wine which would satisfy God’s eternal desires - God’s eternal seeking – and God’s eternal heart ~
For what Jesus did they could do – we can do - for what was not formerly done for Jesus we will do now - for Jesus thirsted on that cross of salvation – thirsted as the Son of Man - and thirsted as the Son of God – thirsted to quench the thirst of his depleted body – and thirsted to taste of the glory of God - to taste of the new wine of his teachings – to taste of the good wine he had poured into his disciples – he thirsted to see the Father glorified and for the Father to drink in the wine of his own making - Jesus thirsted ; but we did not quench the thirst of the Son of Man nor did we quench the thirst of the Son of God ~ we let the world give him sour wine – wine vinegar ~ so the last thing he tasted before he lay down his life was the taste of the world in all of its sourness and in all of its bitterness - but now it is us who are thirsting to see the Son glorified again and again and to see the Father receive glory again and again as all comes full circle so that we may see through the eyes of Christ so we may now take what Jesus has given us and use it so that all which was never done is now done for him and to him – all of which never was completed by us is now completed – and all of which the Lord has waited to be taken up and used in its Godly and prescribed proportions is now taken up and used according to his word to bring the Father what he seeks in all of its righteous and just and unlimited proportions –
For it was the power of God’s glory which brought about the miraculous changes – which brought into display the best – the best of God – for those of his disciples who witnessed his glory were then sure of what they hoped for and certain of what they did not see - they put their faith in him and were now ; Sure of the Christ and certain that he came from the Father ~
Sure of his Word and certain of where it came from – certain of he who sent it~
For Jesus displayed who and where he came from and what he had seen and what he had heard – and what he had been given - for he came from glory with glory and he was going back to glory – he came to show us the power and to reveal to us the glory of God and to give it to those who believed in his message and the message of his disciples - and he will then take us back to the glory in great power to be with him where he has prepared a place for us - so we had to come to know the glory of God – we had to understand it and we had to use it – we had to come into the presence of the Glory of God to be changed so as to testify and so as to glorify – for the Son of Man had to be glorified for the word he was and carried came from glory and was returning back to eternal glory and the eternal testimony of God and his Christ – and he had to be glorified to return back to the Father as we have to be glorified to return back to the Father for our flesh as it is cannot dwell with he who is of solid glory.
For it was manifested glory which changed the disciples of Jesus –
For they saw the complete and perfect changes the Lord is certain to make in us when we come to him without hesitation and give ourselves to him without doubt
It is glory which changes all of which does not glorify the Father into that which glorifies the Father of life - for glory gives rise to glory – just as the Father gave rise to the Son and as the Son did rise in resurrection glory to give statement and declaration to the rising and resurrection to all of which does and will glorify the Father and God of all creation –
For it was the best that he was saving for last - for it was the best of him which would be displayed in the last days and the best he would demand and expect out of those of whom had received his glory - for the best can only manifest out of the power and glory of God and when the best manifests and the greater things manifest – then out of the power and great glory of God the Son of Man will be seen coming on the clouds of heaven and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call and they will gather his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other.
For to receive all power and all riches and all wisdom and all strength and all honour and all majesty and all thanks and all blessings – there had to be The Resurrection of the resurrection – there had to be eternal life to give glory to the God of the everlasting – to the God of resurrection for such is the process of glorification – it is endless – and it increases – for God is endless and is always increasing …For he goes from everlasting to everlasting …and such it is for the glory of God to take us with him into where he never ends -
For Jesus said did not I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God – we would see the glory of God and the Glory of God is not just seen in the raising of the dead and the changing of substances – or walking on water – or the multiplication of food – the glory of God is seen when the God of glory is seen as the miracle manifests - for the miracles are used in their earthly way for that is God doing his work on earth; but it is for us to see the God of the heavens and the earth – for it is the eternal picture we are moving into – to see the miracles of God at work in this realm is only a part of our understanding of he who is not of this realm but he who is the power and the glory of the eternal for not all miracles are eternal - but our God is.
But if we see the glory of God when we believe – what will we see when we know him – when we love him - when we understand him – when we ourselves glorify him with the glory he has given us –
Where will he take us when we are not only seeing the raising of the dead when it manifests but are seeing further into the glory and what it is doing to God as we look at the life of God in full manifestation as his glory raises that which has no life to be of the life of God - raised to be of the life of God that is the glory and miracle of raising the dead – not that they are just raised to live again but to live again so they may live and glorify God as they live the life of Jesus Christ who is the full revelation of the fullness of God – raised to live - for God raised us to live now in the temporary and then in the eternal – he created us and raised us and grew us to live for he lives – for he is life in abundance and it is not the multiplication of food or other such things that we take comfort in - for our heart is to be pounding as we see not the abundance of food or riches but the fullness and the abundance and the extravagance of the holy God himself – as we see him in his abundant glory - seeing him in all of his richness of glory for that is what we see as his glory gives multiplication for us to survive in this world as we give thanks for the free flowing abundance of the revelations of our God - and as we delight not in the walking on water but in seeing the Lord in each step we take on top of the deep waters – the Lord who stands above and beyond all else in full exaltation for our walking on water is a revealing of our Lord - for the event is just a practical means of doing his work on earth and doing it in the power and glory of God’s ways and preferred methods – we have to see in all that manifests only the Lord and his complex supernatural being for what is of the earth in its manifestation is what God sees through his glory for he seeks glory through it – not glory that we walk on water or raise the dead – but glory when we see him and respond to him in and what he seeks to receive for himself and what he seeks to give of himself – that the miracle is always him – is always him displaying his holiness and only with the eyes of a holy heart can we see that whatever we wish for and whatever will be done has to come from a heart seeking glory for him for then the greater and greatest of things of himself he will display to us - for Jesus knew of the greater and the greatest of things of God and it is for us to with the glory he has given us to bring full glory to the Father into increased manifestation with what he has given us until the greatness of God is fully manifested through us – by us – in us – that the greatness of God is now given its release for all of which Jesus has left for us to do is for the glory of the Father - for as we lift and exalt and glorify the Son ~ the Father is lifted and exalted and glorified and the Holy Spirit through their eternal oneness so receives and dwells in the fullness of all glory all honour all praise and all exaltation –
For it is in what he seeks glory from that we are to truly come see him as we look into and through his glory and understand what happens to him when he receives glory – when he hears the testimony of Jesus - what happens when his works which are a masterpiece are in physical manifestation as well as spiritual – what is seen in his eyes and heard in his voice when his word is not only released but comes back to him fulfilled – what does it do to him when his Son is glorified – when his opera is declared and sung out from the heavens and sung out from the earth - what does it do to him when we glorify his name – when we say his Name – when we call on the Name of the Lord - how does he react and respond and where does it send his heart racing to and his mind soaring to and his Spirit abounding to - for then we will see truly as the glory gives us eyes to see and ears to hear – see truly him and his responses as the repercussions of them come back into us – as we understand the real results of the dead being raised and his word being declared and Jesus being listened to – and the Holy Spirit being acknowledged - and the abundance of the revelations of God flowing unceasing within the world – then we understand the outcome for him - when we give God glory and glorify him through his power and his strength and his word -
For Jesus never took his eyes off the Father and never stopped listening to him – to receive instructions yes - to see what he was doing so he could do of the same yes – but also to see his responses – to feel his glory and to hear his glory as the Father who seeks it did so receive it and did so glorify his Son -
For it is all about him in every way - in every single minute way and every single minute detail – for all of which the many overlook and turn away from – the parts of God that they turn away from and do not want to know about, or think about, or bring about - is what we are to sear our eyes into and attach our hearing to and bind our mind to and seal our hearts to - for there we will see the God we have asked and desired to know and love and understand – it is to take our attention to where our God is and if it is all about him – then let it truly be all about him in every single way as we take another step closer into the infinity of him as we never cease to reveal him and glorify him - and never cease to take all of the revelations of him as he gives us and to bring to him glory through our seeking out the full understanding of them - as his glory changes us more and more so we glorify him more and more - for we are not of this world as he was not of this world but it is we are to still live in this world for a time – and it is seeing what we can do even when we are living in this world but have living in us in fullness the one who is not of this world – the fullness of the one who teaches us how to live on this earth through one who is from above and so turn this world of unbelief and unknowing and misunderstanding of God upside down so they will see from heaven to earth and not from earth to heaven – so they see God first and then the world through him – that they look out for the interests of God first and not the world first - so that they listen to Jesus first and testify to him – so that they do what Jesus has declared to be done and use what he has given them so the one of whom we testify can return to take his Kingship for only then will it be in the proper and right way – and in the right and proper order in the way we live and see things – being ones who know and understand where this one life on earth is taking us to when we live it now through Jesus Christ and for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ - as we give glory to the one who seeks it – the one who deserves it - for when we do we are seeking what the Father seeks and when we seek we find and what is to be found by us is only what the glory – only what our oneness with God can bring to us - for such is the power and the glory and oneness of God – that we can only bring him what he seeks when we are of the oneness of his power and his glory with one purpose - one heart - one seeking one Lord – and one God -
For the miracles he displays on this earth do not glorify him to the proportion of who he is if we do not know him and the glory that he seeks and what it does to him and for him – and if we do not see the King of Glory in them - if we do not see the power of God and stand in awe of him – stand in awe of the glory Jesus gave us – stand in awe and be silent in the all of our flesh before the Lord for he has roused himself from him holy dwellings - for we are not to see the miracle and leave God out of it – we are not to see the miracle and take the glory for ourselves – we are not to be seeing and hearing of what he is doing and then leaning on our own understanding and trusting that the power is for us and that the exaltation of our lives in this mortal flesh is of any consequence to what our God is seeking for himself – for power and glory belong to God – exaltation and honour belong to God – praise and thanks belong to God – blessings and wisdom and strength belong to God - we belong to God and the silence of our flesh before him is giving him due honour and due respect for it is all flesh which is coming into its judgement before him.
For the glory of God manifests to display our Lord to us and to teach us and to make known to us without a shred of doubt that our oneness is with him and not with the world – that our eternal life is with him and not with the world – that our life is through Jesus and not through the world - that the world itself came out of the oneness of his word –and it is only God who can change anything of this world for he does as he pleases and it pleases him to seek glory and so glory he will seek out of whose of whom are his - and only his word of power can make it such - for his word brought the Glory to us – in displays which showed and proved and was evidence of the fact – the truth that Jesus was in the Father and that the Father was in Jesus - for Jesus had and was given the Father’s glory which was given to no other – for who can be of the knowing of it or the understanding of it as Jesus - for he lived in it and knew it and understood it before the creation of the word and before he came to earth as our Saviour and only through him can it be given to those who have not yet gone into the heavens and seen what he has seen - who have not yet gone into the heavens and been where he has been - for the glory of the Father is to give it all to the Son – and the glory of the Son is to bring it all a hundredfold and more back to the Father –
For the glory of God was given to the Son who came FROM the Father and the Son gave it to those who are going back to the Father - for he alone has made it possible for us to go to where he has prepared a place for us so we may be with him where he is - for he came from his glory and we are going to his glory after our full glorification – for glory comes from glory and glory goes back to glory – for such is our resurrection into eternal glory for so much did come to those of whom gave so little – but it will be that much will return to him who saw who was of little faith or no faith and used what was of the mountain of God’s grace and glory and moved us out of the sea of men and onto the river of life in Christ for no more are we drowning in misunderstanding but are now walking on the solid understanding of which comes from God when we seek for him the glory he himself seeks – seeking it as one who has the glory as given by Jesus and as one who uses it as shown by Jesus and one who has been eternally changed by it as desired by Jesus and delivered to the Father by the everlasting power of the Holy Spirit.
For our love for the Lord is when we see him glorified and feel his glorification within our ourselves as we watch from the edge of the stage as our Lord God Almighty takes centre position for if we see him only and hear him only we see and hear the opera of all time – the opera of all eternity – the everlasting opera of an everlasting God for so we see and hear and understand when we seek for him what he seeks for himself – for the glory of our oneness with him – the glory which is our rearguard keeps our oneness in glorifying our God untouched by human hands which are soiled with the works of the world – soiled and tainted with dead works – for God seeks glory through what is his – life is his - goodness is his – salvation is his – resurrection is his – the battle is his and the triumph is his – and the glory is his - and eternal life is his for it is found in no one else but Jesus Christ who is the only begotten Son of the living God –
For we only have ONE Teacher – ONE Father – ONE Master and we only have ONE life on this earth to bring glory to God – one life on this earth to glorify our Lord – one life in our mortal flesh to bring him honour and praise and exaltation – one life in this realm of time to give Testimony to Jesus – one life for him to draw near to us and for us to draw near to him – one life in one body of human flesh for God to experience through us the glory of his creation in the realm of time - and in a way of which it will never come again for our God and for us – For we have one life as a mortal being for the sole purpose of coming to know him in our flesh and in our weakness – to come to know him in our pain and in our tears – to come to know him in our joy and in our laughter - coming to know him as we live and exist in a world and a body disfigured by sin – as we come into the knowledge and understanding of him now before there is no death and no mourning and no sorrow – coming into a relationship with him before the perfect appears and the imperfect disappears – the glory that God receives out of this deepness of our meeting with him while we are still sinners and fallen far short of his glory is what increases and magnifies his glory - for as he bends to listen as we come forward to him in our weakness and in our ignorance of him and his ways – in our ignorance of his Son and his Holy Spirit, but still coming forward with hearts seeking to have knowledge and understanding replace our ignorance, so we may know and understand our God and Jesus Christ and who he is and what he has already given us even before we saw he was even there – but his attention to detail and his constant yearning and longing and seeking of what is his - brings us out of the one mortal life on this perishing earth he gave us to repent and to know him, and to love him, and to understand him, and to glorify and exalt him in his majestic splendour and holiness - he brings us out of this one mortal life by his constant seeking of what is his and with the brilliance of a God who did not create so he could destroy - but created so life would be in its eternal abundance – our brilliant God brings us into a life which has no falsehood and no boundaries and has no pain and has no death and no tears – and no mourning and no despair - for our weakness and our pain and our sin and our ignorance will be what he raises sons and daughters out of for such is his glory to change all so as to be for the glory of God – for what is sown in dishonour and humiliation is raised in honour and glory and what is sown in infirmity and weakness is resurrected in strength and full power ~
For though Jesus was crucified in weakness he still goes on living by the mighty power of God and we too are weak but we live and have God’s power as we live to seek what he seeks in the sameness of our Teacher our Father and our Master – using the glory Jesus gave us – for it is our one life on this earth which gives rise to our eternal life on the new earth – our one love on this earth which gives rise to our eternal love in the everlasting – our one commitment on this earth to come to know the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he did send which gives rise to our sharing the wonder of God’s heart - as the greatest miracle of all which is our God and the revealing of himself to us - as our God reveals the New heavens and the New Earth and New Jerusalem as the glory of his opera and the opera which sings and expresses the entirety of the glory of God fills the everlasting expanses of God’s being and gives voice and volume to what is the eternal opera on which the curtain never comes down and on which the lights never become dimmed and on which the volume never is decreased – a opera which never ends because God never ends and because God never stops seeking what is his – and life eternal and all which has been brought into it is his and is a part of and belongs in the opera of himself ~ for all and everything belongs to God ~
And our one life on this earth belongs to him – and even though all effort was made to take it away from us and even though we made every effort to give it away in exchange for death - it still remained the one life God gave us to come to know to him – the one life no matter what we did with it or what we did to it – it still remained the only life of mortality he gave us to repent of our sins and to turn away from what is a lie and to face again the truth of our existence –
It still remained the one life we would have as our God perseveres with us through the life we have made for ourselves - and through our weakness and our sorrow and our pain he perseveres and he still remains fixed in his purposes for us; that we draw near to him irrelevant of our sin which he has now covered and forgiven with the eternal blood of the sacrifice of his beloved Son – he remains steadfast in bringing us into the knowledge of him and the understanding of him and the love of him - for that is the purpose of our life and even though we fall short of his glory - he gave us that glory that we fell short of to bring us into the oneness we never had so we can be his glory – so we can be what he seeks – so we can bring him what he seeks – so we can be the glory that he seeks for himself – for our one life our God has given us whether in sickness or in health – in times of blessing and times of calamity it is what we have been given to prepare us for a life that never ends – to prepare us for a God who never ends – to prepare us for who God is – and he prepares us by giving us the hardest of teachings – by bringing us face to face with the most confronting of his words – by opening our eyes and ears and hearts and minds to the most explicit of instructions and commands which are the floodgates which have to be opened for the Lord of lords and the Kings of kings to return – it is obeying his teachings and carrying out his word to the last detail as it is said, as it is heard, as it is written –
For it gives the glory to God when we listen and then do what he commands and teaches and instructs us – for others may not see the glory of God in it or the glory God gets through it - but it is that we do - for we are listening to and looking at only the Lord to hear and to see his response – and to hear his voice for we know his voice and we love his voice – for it is the voice of all truth - but his glory is not always evident to the world or those who do not obey his teachings and commands – but that is relationship – that is a taste of glorified relationship – a taste of what we will have when we seek what he seeks and see what he sees and respond as he responds – and when we obey as he commands – and when we act because we know and understand and love him - glorified relationship – a relationship which glorifies our God – a relationship which has come into its glorification - which has come into its splendour because it is a relationship which seeks what God seeks – a relationship which seeks glory for God – which gives glory to God and which is the glory of God – an eternal relationship which came from resurrection and moves into its glorification for it is founded on Jesus Christ - who is the Resurrection and who is the one who brings glory to God for he alone is the full and eternal truth of what God seeks ~
And it is for his glory – for the glory of his name - and for the glory of his opera that the power and glory of his word pin us to our chair or to the ground or to the wall or to the ceiling until we come face to face and confront the full truth of God and what he seeks for himself – until we confront the God of all truth and the God of all revelation as given us in Christ Jesus – that his word of powerful truth pin us in stillness and silence until the revelation of his being – the almighty truths of his word and his life and his power meet with us full on - face to face until there is no way out of the full truth - no where for us to try and run and hide – no where to hide from the truth which is consuming all of which has been placed in its way so we do not have to see it or know it or acknowledge it – until we do not even acknowledge and stand in awe of the truth that God does as he pleases ~ that God does whatever pleases him ~
For all on God’s earth will face the truth – that God is not going away – he is not going to hide – he is not going to trade his word for the word of wicked men – he is not going to plan his life around us and our own selfish desires –
For he gave us a life to come to know him, to come to love him, to come to understand him – he gave us a life so filled with his word – a life on a earth so filled with his glory – he gave us time to come to draw near to him – he gave us Jesus and covered us and washed us in his blood to make us able to return to him as we repented as his blood flowed out in its power to cleanse and save – he gave us his Holy Spirit to give us power - to guide us - to lead us into all truth – to remind us of what Jesus did say – he gave us a new heart – and ears which hear and eyes which see – he gave us the glory - he gave us his eternal life –
HE GAVE – HE GAVE – AND HE GAVE – and it took his Son – it took His Holy Spirit – it took his blood – it took his flesh – it took his word – it took his power – it took his brilliance - it took his mercy – it took his grace – it took his heart - WHAT else do we want – what else can he give us – what more can he tell us – what more can he promise us – for he has promised us all of which is his – he has given us the KINGDOM OF GOD – He has given us an eternity so profoundly magnificent that is only deserving of our Lord and King to reside in it.
One life on this earth he has given us to be made ready through our repentance –ready to come to know and to love and understand our wonderful and perfect and magnificent God – he gave us one life of mortality with all that it brings – this is what God gave us to make us ready to be of his glory and for us to bring him glory and for us to be able to live a life which never ends in a Kingdom which never ceases to astound and amaze us – to live a life in the everlasting of eternities with a God who never ceases to astound and amaze us ~
What more do we want from him – what more does the church want from him - what more do we want before we give ourselves entirely to him as he has given himself entirely to us ~
What we should want is to be so emersed in him that we are dripping with the waters of life – the rivers of the life of our Lord – dripping with his word and its fragrance and its glory and its power – drenched with the volume of its truth as we rise out of the waters of life and glorify God in our full resurrection and in our full submission to him ~
And all who assume the glory for themselves when they use the word and power of God will have that same word and that same power turned around onto them and will be of its power of destruction – for no one assumes the glory which is for Jesus Christ alone and no one takes the glory due the Father – due my Father – due your Father – DUE OUR FATHER -
For Jesus Christ is one step away from his Kingship on this earth and all will see and know the truth of the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he did send when they see the Lord come in his Father’s Glory for when they see our Lord return in the flesh they have seen the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he did send for they are one - for there is only one true God and he is God the Father – and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit – ONE GOD who will make himself known to us – even though we have not listened or taken heed from those he has sent before him - for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling and all the earth will see and all the earth will know that to fear the Lord is surely the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the HOLY ONE is surely our only true understanding
In the prayer of Jesus to the Father which he prayed for his disciples and all who will ever believe in him because of their testimony he said –
‘ They are not a part of this world any more than I am – make them pure and holy by teaching them your words of truth – as you sent me into the world I am sending them into the world – and I give myself entirely to you so they also might we entirely yours ~
And now as like never before are we to be entirely his as Jesus is entirely his as the time of the return of his Son draws speedily near - for now we work and prepare for his arrival in the strength and with the courage which comes from the knowing and understanding of his soon return – because we want him to return – we want him on earth with us – we want him to reveal himself in the flesh and in the truth of the Father’s word ~
His imminent return gives us increased strength – because our strength comes from him and what he seeks - not from the world and what it seeks - for we are strong because he is strong – he is our strength ; and we have courage because he is courageous - and the strength and courage of us now is to be pressed down and flowing over as we set our face as flint as we watch for his return - as we make way for his return - as we prepare and make ready for his return - for that is how we remain strong and with good courage and lasting fortitude and with a face like flint - it is the return of our Lord which give us the strength and courage like that of a great warrior – like that of our great Lord -
For those who are still looking at what was, will never see what is – never see what is coming and what has already come -
So let it be for us that our one life God gave us on this earth – our one love on this earth – our one commitment on this earth – be used to reveal and glorify the greatest miracle of all – the miracle of our God revealing himself through our salvation through our resurrection and through our eternal glorification –
That the one life he gave us to come to know him – and love him – and understand him – and draw near to him – and to glorify him – and to repent before him – this one life be used in all of weakness – in all of our pain – in all of our joy – that the life that he gave us – that no matter what we did to it and what we have made it into – that the only life he gave us no matter what it brings – will be used to seek what God seeks - for there will be no other life in this realm of time to do all of which he gave us to do – to fulfil all of which we have to fulfil so we can take up our eternal life of which he is preparing us for with the life he has now given us ~
For God is opera – an opera on which the curtain never comes down on – an opera on which the lights never become dimmed and on which the volume is never decreased - for it expresses the entirety of the glory of God which is from everlasting to everlasting as it fills the expanses of God’s being and gives voice to all truth as the eternal testimony of Christ and the eternal life he has brought us into sings in exaltation at the mention of his Name -
Our life in eternity is an eternal opera and our God is allowing us to shape it and to give it form and to give it voice and to give it glory –
He has surely given us everything – everything which is priceless – for out of one mortal life on this perishing earth he has made us ready through our constant repentance – ready to be of his glory – ready to prepare for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ – and ready to live an eternal life of glory as we bring him the glory he seeks as we live in the abundance of his love and the abundance of a life which never ends in a Kingdom which never ceases to astound and amaze and glorify him – to live a life in the everlasting of eternities with a God who never ceases to astound and amaze as he brings all into the opera of himself ~ for all and everything belongs to God ~ and will return back to him for such is the power and the glory of his word of TRUTH ~
And such is the power and the great glory in which his Word of Truth will RETURN -
Such is the power and great glory in which our Lord Jesus Christ will return – for such is the power and such is the glory of the full and complete and eternal word of God - and all of the Truth will be known for all of the truth of God IS returning to this earth to draw unto itself its own ~
AMEN
