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.