His Glory

 Isaiah 53:2-9

My Servant grew up in the LORD’S presence like a tender

green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground. 

There was nothing beautiful or majestic about His appearance,

nothing to attract us to Him.  He was despised and rejected—

a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief.  We turned

our backs on Him and looked the other way when He went by. 

He was despised, and we did not care.

     Yet it was our weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows

that weighed Him down.  And we thought His troubles were a

punishment from God for His own sins.  He was beaten that we

might have peace.  He was whipped, and we were healed!  All of

us have strayed away like sheep.  We have left God’s paths to

follow our own.  Yet the LORD laid on Him the guilt and sins of

us all.

     He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet He never said a

word.  He was led as a lamb to the slaughter.  And as a sheep

is silent before the shearers, He did not open His mouth. From

prison and trial they led Him away to His death.  But who among

the people realized that He was dying for their sins—that He

was suffering their punishment?  He had done no wrong, and He

never deceived anyone.  But He was buried like a criminal; He

was put in a rich man’s grave.  (NLT)

     Praising the Lord Jesus Christ, our Creator, Redeemer, and the Lover of our souls should come with every breath we take.  I cannot imagine starting the day without acknowledging the glory and majesty, the mercy and grace, and the unconditional love and forgiveness that makes up the essence of our Great Sovereign God and Savior—the One who provided the Way for all of us to escape the decadence around us that is driving this fallen world into a horrible and terrifying end.  This gracious provision of unearned salvation gives witness to who our awesome God really is and all He has done.  Every morning when I sit in God’s presence, filling my heart with the warmth of the Son, it awakens my soul to bathe in the glory of His Light.   And I urge you, my dear brothers and sisters, to join in and bathe in the Son’s Light—for when you do, the fog will clear and you will be able to see and soak in the Son who willfully gave you an awesome reason to have joy and purpose in your life.

                                  A Whisper of Hope

Be filled with My Presence…when you sit quietly with Me, My child.  For in this fallen world you need the Light of the Son to lead you out of the darkness and into the Land of the Living.  And it is in My Presence that you will find the strength and wisdom and courage to face the uncertain day before you and the Hope for a glorious tomorrow.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat or drink,

or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.  (NKJ)

        And let the whole earth be filled with His glory!

                             (Psalm 72:19)