There is a living and breathing generation that walks the
earth today that is growing into its destiny as a Glory (presence based)
Generation. They are a new wineskin that has been raised up for such a time as
this. They are preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, they are healing the sick,
they are casting out unclean spirits, they are raising the dead and they are
making disciples. They are fueled and compelled by the Love of Christ and the
mighty Power of His Spirit. They are a generation extraordinaire that has
learned the value of A Lifestyle of Glory.The Glory of the Lord is a tangible reality available to
every believer. Another way to say this would be that the Presence of the Lord
is real! It is a tangible reality on earth as it is in Heaven. Let's look at Exodus 33:10-14 which says that Moses
prayed to the Lord,
"And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand
[at] the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man
[in] his tent door. And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant
Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. And
Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and
thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I
know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I
pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may
know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation [is]
thy people. And he said, My presence shall go [with thee]..."
What a powerful passage of scripture demonstrating the
tangible presence of the Lord that is not only available, but the heritage and
destiny of every believer. Everyone saw, everyone heard, everyone experienced
with their physical senses the Glory of the Lord. It was so beautiful and
strong that everyone worshiped at the door of their tents. Entire families were
witnessing the Glory of the Lord and worshiping in His Glorious Presence. We can't
settle for anything less than this, the Glory of the Lord in all walks of life.
Lifestyle of Glory
I looked up the word presence in vs. 14 and I was amazed at
its meaning. It means the face of Yahweh that completely surrounds you. In
front of you, behind you, to the left and the right of you, above and beneath
you. That blew me away when I read that
what Moses had asked for the Glory of Yahweh (or the face of Yahweh) to
completely surround them as they journeyed into a land whose builder and maker
was the Lord. He asked for the Glory of the Lord to be the mark that followed
the nation of Israel. In Matthew 28:20
Jesus says, "...I am with you always, [even] unto the end
of the world. Amen."
I looked up what that word "with" means in this verse and to
my amazement it means after and/or behind. Virtually it means the same thing as
stated in Exodus between Yahweh and Moses. And the great revelation in the New
Covenant is that the former and latter rain have become one in Christ and now
the Glory of Lord is a tangible reality around us and in us.
In this Lifestyle of Glory we see the Lord of Glory
completely surrounding us and pouring out His Spirit upon everyone who asks,
seeks and knocks. Upon everyone who is hungry and the thirsty. Jesus' promise
to everyone who asks is that they will receive. His promise to everyone who
seeks is that they will find. His promise to everyone who knocks is that doors
will be opened. He said blessed are the hungry & thirsty for they will be
filled. The very nature of this lifestyle stirs up hunger for seeking intimacy
with Jesus. It produces a true desire for change and transformation.
A Lifestyle of Glory produces change that this world so
desperately needs. Let's look at the change we see in the life of Peter after
developing A Lifestyle of Glory. In Luke
5:8 we see Peter coming face to face with the Glory of the Lord in the
person of Jesus and Peter falling down at Jesus' knees and saying, "depart from me Lord for I am a sinful man".
In Luke 9:20 we see Peter declaring that Jesus is the Christ. In John 21:7 we see
Peter jumping out of the boat and swimming to the resurrected Jesus who sat on
the shore. In Acts 1:15 we see Peter standing up to preach among those who were
gathered in the upper room. In Acts 2:14 we see Peter preaching and thousands
coming to the Lord. In Acts 3:6 we see Peter doing the works of Jesus and
seeing the crippled man healed. In Acts 5:15 we see people who are being healed
by lining up in the street and getting in Peter's shadow! That transformation
is result of developing A Lifestyle of Glory!
To develop this lifestyle you must learn to prioritize and
place a daily demand on His Glory. Jesus said it best when He said the kingdom
of heaven is like a pearl that when it is found is worth selling everything
for. It is this Lifestyle of daily Glory that will spark the fires of Revival
around the world and will awaken America to a third Great Awakening. It is this
lifestyle that demonstrates the tangible presence of the Father to an
unbelieving world. It is through this lifestyle that we will see a great grace
released like never before and see entire cities come under the Greater Glory
of the Lord. So today we place a demand on the Glory of the Lord and we
consider it the greatest joy to let go of everything that we might live in it.
Jacob Martin
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