At the beginning of this year, I
told the Lord that I was determined to completely abandon myself to experience
His presence and His glory. I knew in my
heart that in order to fulfill the original mandate given to the Adam to be
fruitful, multiply and "subdue" the earth
(See genesis 1:28) that it would
require me to allow His destiny for my life to take precedence over my personal
desires. I have to admit to you, precious
reader, I am not fully confident that I understand all that encompasses "His
glory." I am keenly aware of His divine
presence whenever I experience it- but to differentiate between His presence
and His glory requires some discernment, careful study, and of course,
listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
In my recent book, Power
in the Blood: Claiming Your Spiritual
Inheritance (click title to order)
I discuss the expression of God's glory.
It is important to recognize the fact that due to the shedding of the
Blood of Jesus that we can boldly enter into the throne of God and immediately
experience His love and His presence.
However, if you are like me, (and of course Moses who cried out for it),
you desire to "see His glory!"
God is Invading our Atmosphere with His
Glory
The word "glory" in Scripture has
several different meanings. One meaning
of the expression of God's glory is when there is an invasion of heaven and
God's reality into our human atmosphere.
Actually, God's glory is present every time heaven actually invades our
earth. After all, didn't Jesus instruct
us to pray that way? "Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven?" So
therefore, one can easily conclude that it is God's will to bring heaven to
earth! Yes God desires to take His
glory, which exists in heaven in His divine time, and push it through our natural atmosphere and our natural time on
earth and establish the "super-natural!."
A very practical example is in
the realm of healing. As God invades our
earth with his glory, he releases what has already been testified through His
Word concerning healing. We then mix
what has already been decreed by God with our own faith and we experience a
supernatural miracle.
God has already declared that all
flesh shall see His glory. He is simply
waiting on those with hearts of complete abandonment to embrace truth and
receive His glory. And dear believer,
this experience with Him does not require religious works- it requires a
relationship!
The prophet Isaiah said that, "The glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind
together will see it." (Isaiah 40:5) The prophet Habakkuk said, "The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of
the Lord..." (Habakkuk 2:14)
Believer, can you understand that it is the Father's desire to reveal
His glory to us? Get ready, saints! The heavens are about to invade the entire
earth with the knowledge of the glory of God!
The Shekinah Glory of God
As believers we are empowered to
operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit by faith. Each of us is anointed by Him to heal the
sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, etc.
However, experiencing the "glory of God" is somewhat different. Not desiring to split hairs or enter into a
theological debate, let me just explain the difference. The manifest presence- the Shekinah of God
will always testify of heaven and the "powers of the age to come." (See Hebrews
6:5). The manifest presence of God-
shekinah¬ , will always manifest as He wants, as He desires, and He will do
whatever He has in his heart regardless of our faith, anointings or gifts of
the Spirit. It is all about God and Him
doing whatever He desires.
His presence that visits us in
this way cannot be prayed up, stirred up, hyped up or manufactured. However, His manifest presence can come
directly from our worship of Him. He often
heals, delivers and transforms right in the middle of worship. I've witness this many, many times. This is when He gets the glory and not a man
or a woman.
Whenever we as ministers move out
in an anointing, it is His power moving through us. However, when He sovereignty moves, without
any of us stepping out to be used by Him, he works alone and demonstrates His
glory. If we will just worship Him- He will sovereignty continue to move more
and more and more! Hallelujah!
I have realized that many times I
know that I am working under the anointing.
Yet, when witnessing God's glory there is a sense of "resting" as He
does it all! I love that, don't
you? I am not in any way stating that as
ministers of His Word we should not study to show ourselves approved or that we
should stop studying for adequate preparation.
What I am attempting to explain is that I am hungering and thirsting for
His presence in such a way that He sweeps through the congregation or our lives
like a mighty wind- as in Acts 2. No one
laid hands on the group that day, but God demonstrated His shekinah glory! There is so much I could write on this
subject alone, but for now know that you can experience His glory as you boldly
approach His throne of grace through the shed blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 4:16-5:1 (AMP) Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near
to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners),
that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good
time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we
need it].
The Blood of Jesus
Dear one, and I repeat this to
make a firm point, it is because Jesus shed His blood for you that you can
expect to witness God's glory and enter into the Promised Land of rest and His
divine grace. Yes, we can be confident
that through His blood we have immediate favor with God. The word grace, as explained in the Amplified
Version in Hebrews 4:16 and Chapter 5:1 means unmerited favor. This means that we can approach the Father
with confidence even though we don't deserve it. This is what unmerited favor means- that
there is nothing within ourselves that makes us worthy or acceptable to
God. It is only because we are righteous
because Christ died to clothe us with His righteousness.
Let's stop a moment and give Him
praise! Thank the Lord for the shed
blood of Jesus, for Jesus' obedience to complete His mission on earth as He
came to become the ultimate sacrifice for our sin! Dear believer, it is so very true that we
don't have to manufacture or stir up His presence! No way!
Again, and I know I am hammering this in, Jesus shed His blood so that
each of us can boldly enter into His throne- completely unashamed- and witness
His glory.
As a reminder concerning my
recent book, Power in the Blood: Claiming
Your Spiritual Inheritance (click title to order) I discuss how easy it
is to enter into the presence of God.
Why is it so easy? Because we are
blood bought and heirs to the promise!
Dear believer, you are royalty and you are also seated in heavenly
places! You have dominion and authority
to subdue every attack that Satan even imagines against you. Apostle Paul explained this well in 2 Cor 10:4-6 (ASV) (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the
flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of
God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; and
being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be
made full.
Fighting From the Glory
Saints, once we realize who we
are and whose we are- meaning that we are sons and daughters of God and we
belong to His royal family- we can therefore use our spiritual weapons to cast
down every imagination the enemy might have concerning us. We have the ability, because of the blood
that guarantees victory through Christ, to bring every thought (from the enemy
or even our own thoughts in which we have been unable to control concerning
breakthrough, health, etc.) into complete captivity. Yes!
Simply pleading the blood of Jesus will cause the enemy to flee! I want to encourage each of you do a study on
the blood of Jesus. As I wrote the book
on the blood of Jesus, it began to change my life! I thought I already knew a lot concerning the
victory we have due to the Cross.
However, I never imagined that there is unlimited knowledge concerning
our victory in Him and the power of the Cross.
Just as Moses told God "show me
your glory" we can cry out the same request!
God promises that when we call out, His desire is to answer us and show
us His plans for our lives. (See
Jeremiah 33:3). Precious one, it's truly time for each of us to realize that we
can do nothing in our own strength. I'm
weary from attempting to battle the enemy with my own strength- aren't
you? I'm also more weary from trying to
be holy enough to enter into God's presence and experience His glory. I'm sure that you can relate. However, now I realize that experiencing His
glory means that He does all the work!
Jesus has already paid the price for our victory. Let's begin to walk in that promised victory
as we see ourselves seated in heavenly places, declare our true identity as
sons and daughters and praise God for the victory already accomplished at the
Cross!
Let Me Pray for you Today:
Father God, I thank You for the
finished work of Christ that guarantees us a seated position in heavenly
places. I also thank you that as we cry
out to You, You are promising to not only hear us but show us areas in our
lives that have been hidden. Today,
Lord, I pray that each reader becomes determined to allow You to empower them
to renew their minds concerning Your truths.
Search our hearts, Lord, and reveal all that has hindered us from being
confident in our true identity. Thank
You, Lord, for showing us Your glory!
In Jesus' name,
Amen!
Dr. Sandie Freed
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Claiming Your Spiritual Inheritance
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