God's Glory

When Christ comes again, the Word tells us that every knee will bow and tongue confess that He is Lord. According to my personality, that is because God the Father will force it to happen. But once again I believe I have it wrong, for God never 'forces' anything. All will bow, all will confess because they will have to. The glory of Christ's presence will be so overwhelming that they will have to bow down and confess. The glory of His presence will bring us all to our knees. Mankind may not want to, but they will have to because of the overwhelming presence of the living Son of God. Then I am reminded by a friend that the hosts of heaven right now, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders are on their faces because of God's glory and pouring forth unending praise to the Lamb who was slain. Unending praise, always on their faces-because of His presence. I really doubt that seeing Grandma will be at the top of the list when we enter His eternal presence. I really doubt we will be concerned with mansions and streets of gold. It will be all about Christ-His presence. His overwhelming, all consuming presence. Dare I pray, Lord show me your glory? Could I handle such an overwhelming Presence. O Lord, teach me your ways.

The Servant Who Is Our Hope

We are a multi-task generation. There are so many things calling for our energy and attention. Much of it is driven by the shallowness that overwhelms the human spirit. The shallow stuff of this world, that is constantly passing away. Christ stands in the middle of it all as the One in whom the nations will put their hope. (Matthew 12:21). His name is hope. Not Mohammed, Ghandi, Joseph Smith, or any president or world leader, but Jesus Christ. There will be a moment in history when every one who has ever lived or is living at that moment will realize that Jesus Christ is the One in whom is life. In that moment there will be a great cry of despair from those who rejected this One who is our hope, and at that same time a great shout of victory and praise from those who put their hope in this Jesus. Awesome and great is His name. There is no other  name under heaven that brings salvation and rescues mankind from the shallowness of this world's stuff. Look at my servant the Father says. This Servant is my Son. It is more than a suggestion, it is the invitation to life for whosoever will. In our multi task age, let us do this one thing-Look at the Son of God, who reigns and is coming again.