He says: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16). Now he enjoins us to allow the glory to be made manifest. Jesus says God has deposited light, which is another word for glory, in the church. Man is an instrument for the manifestation of the glory of God. But the glory of God is denominated in spiritual currency. The glory of man is often tangible, physical, and earthy. He glories in the cross, which paved the way for his reconciliation with God. Therefore, those who understand kingdom dynamics seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and the kingdom of God is spiritual: it is not physical.īut what is the glory of the believer in Christ? What is the glory of the spiritual man? What is the glory of that man who has been born of God? He glories in the fact that he knows God and that God knows him. “God said to Solomon: ‘Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honour or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life – but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king – wisdom and knowledge are granted to you and I will give you riches and wealth and honour, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like.” (2 Chronicles 1:11-12). God blessed him because he sought wisdom to understand kingdom dynamics and to rule according to kingdom principles. God blessed Solomon because he did not ask for the world or for the worldly. You shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.” (Ezekiel 44:28). As God proclaimed concerning the Levites in the Old Testament: “I am their inheritance. (Matthew 22:21). What then belongs to the believer? God Himself. (Proverbs 23:5).Īccording to Jesus, money does not belong to the believer. Money, on the other hand, grows wings and flies away like an eagle towards heaven. You cannot serve God and money.” (Luke 16:12-13). He says: “If you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own? No servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. God says: I am what I am.” (Exodus 3:14). He does not say: “I am what I have.”Īccording to Jesus, one of the reasons why God leaves the believer in the world after our conversion is to determine if we can be entrusted with true riches. We proclaim God’s praises by what we are. How do we proclaim the praises of God? Is it by what we have? Certainly not! Jesus says: “One’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” (Luke 12:15). He says to the believer: “You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, (God’s) own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9). We are born again (a second time) to produce the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ. But now our Maker leaves nothing to conjecture. We blundered at the first birth, presuming we were born to pursue our own dreams, have illustrious careers, make a lot of money, and make a name for ourselves. Jesus says to His disciples: “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” (John 15:16). The world is rich in money, but it is poor in mercy.
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