In last week’s sermon passage, Jesus’ 3 best friends got a glimpse of his heavenly glory (Matt 17:1-13). Yet they were not the only ones on the Mount of Transfiguration. Moses and Elijah were there too; the 2 OT figures who had themselves experienced God’s glory on My Sinai. Often when God commissions someone for an important task in the Bible, he will grant them a glimpse of his glory (e.g. Isaiah, Ezekiel, Paul).
What this teaches us is the thing that makes the most impact to the life of a believer is being exposed to the glory of God. The reason being that when we realise just how much the glory of God outshines anything else in existence, we stop living for earthly things and live only to please our God.
In the Bible, only a handful of people ever get exposed to the physical glory of God. The rest of us have to seek God’s glory the old-fashioned way. This includes creation, for ‘the heaven’s declare the glory of God’ (Ps 19:1). Yet the main way is through his word. God has given humans access to all the glory of God we can handle, in the Scriptures. It is our job to search out that glory, to become the best Christians we can be.
So, will you embark on a life-long journey to see how radiant God’s beauty is, how patient God’s mercy is, how gentle God’s kindness is, how potent God’s power is, how wide God’s generosity it, how all-encompassing God’s forgiveness is, how eternal God’s faithfulness is, how extensive God’s grace is and how deep God’s love is? If we aren’t searching the Scriptures, all we can do is hope to stumble across God’s glory. Only a fool would leave such an important task to chance. Let us open God’s word each day, asking God to ‘show me your glory’.
