God's Glory in Us

“No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.” 1 Corinthians 2:7

As I was reading this verse the word “glory” was highlighted in my soul.  It was if God was saying, “Come here. Look again. I want to show you something about this word “glory.”

What does this word “glory” really mean?  We read about God’s glory in Exodus.  We have read the account of Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration in Matthew.   Some have been fortune to see evidences of God’s glory.

But what does glory mean when it comes to us? 

Then the answer came like a whisper.  “You are glorious because you belong to me.”

I repeated words several times until they rooted like falling white snowflakes watering the ground of my soul.

I was reminded of a dream of a woman who was an illustration of this idea of God’s glory in us.  Her outer appearance was common and ordinary and unpresumptuous yet a deep supernaturally warmth, beauty and splendor permeated from her inner being.

Her obedience to God and love for God clothed her being with an unspoken infused magnificence.  God was glorifying her as she was glorifying God.  This was not a separate action but rather God and she as one.

Jesus praying to the Father for his disciples said, “For I given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them.  They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed You sent Me.  I ask on their account.  I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.  All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.” John 17:8-10