Word for Today....Preparing the way for the Glory!
Scripture: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain: and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isa 40:3-5
Prepare ye the way of the Lord…..and the glory of the Lord SHALL be revealed.
God is committed and has vowed to bring his glory to us. We talk about, we sing about, we shout about and if you are like me you have preached about it. But what are we DOING about it!!! Many of us aren’t ready to see the glory of God, just at the people in Jesus’ day were not ready to see Jesus revealed as the son of God. They taught about the coming of Christ and how he would deliver them and save them, but when He came they were not unprepared.
Here in the scripture Isaiah describes the ministry of John the Baptist, who was the forerunner for and prepared the way for glory of the Messiah to be revealed ON the earth. Now God wants us to prepare the way, so that His glory can be revealed IN the earth. John was one voice placed in the wilderness that cried “Prepare the way of the Lord”. Many of us, like John have been placed in a wilderness. Don’t get upset or dismayed. In order to produce a voice it requires the solitude and forsakenness of the wilderness. The wilderness is a place of aloneness, of imposed confinement, of personal inconvenience, of social persecution, of unfriendly surroundings. It is the place where God meets with chosen people. Think about Moses, Elijah, Elisha and Jesus, all of these people were placed or “led” to the wilderness. Many times God leads us into the wilderness to equip us with a voice for this generation, not an echo of what someone else said or what we have heard, but to speak as a sounding board for God. In the wilderness He will give us a message that will prepare His people for His glory. The wilderness is the place where God gives us a message that is formed from life experiences with Him rather than library experiences.
Just as John was ONE voice crying in the wilderness, we must understand that you must go to “the wilderness” by yourself. There won’t be anybody there to rescue or hold you. There is nobody to cry to, but God. There is nobody else but you and God. To give you a voice, God must snuff out all the other voices, so you can hear His voice alone. That is why your friends have walked away. That is why you feel like you don’t belong. God has you alone in the wilderness so that He can mentor you and groom you. Yes, the journey is long and tedious. That is why the scripture says one “crying”. It won’t be a cake walk preparing for the glory of God, but it is worth it. We MUST prepare our hearts, our minds, our spirits in prayer, so that the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And according to the scriptures ALL flesh (saint and sinner) will see it TOGETHER!!!! WHEW!!! Some sinner is waiting to see what the REAL glory of God looks like, not the pre-packaged glory we present during Sunday morning service. Some saint is feeling like giving up and is saying, “There has to be more to God than what I have right now.” They want to see the TRUE and LVING God and His glory.
What are you doing to prepare the way for God's glory to be revealed?
Comments
You are definitely in that PLACE where God IS talking to you, and you are hearing, and echoing his voice!!!!!
May the PEACE of God RULE in your heart.....
Love you, and Pray for you always.
FREDA!!
Posted by: Freda | May 30, 2007 01:12 PM
This is sooooooooo timely....here is what Paul prayed that WE would come into the FULL STATURE OF CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!That within itself if we meditate on it..what is it saying? WE are not aware of our oneness with the source or it would be flowing through us like Paul..What am I doing, I just got seriously convicted the last three weeks I have been consecrating for 3 days in seclusion and practicing the word everyday and meditating on the word. Thre word says we are NOW THE SONS OF GOD, and we as a people must stop saying oh we are only human..JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD AND THE SON OF MAN...AS WE ARE...BUT if we don't start walking in the calling the SON OF GOD WE WON'T DO THE WORKS OF THE SONS OF GOD. Jesus died that many SONS OF GOD WOULD COME TO GLORY that is not being emphasize enough we are not only human the CHRIST MUST RESURRECT IN US TO THE FULLNESS...LIKE MARY SAID...BE IT DONE UNTO ME ACCORDING TO THY WORD WE ARE IMPREGNATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT ALSO TO BIRTH THE CHRIST....ZION OH ZION WHATS THE MATTER WITH ZION....WE DON'T DO WHAT WE USED TO...GOD I AM CONTINUALLY ASKING SEEKING KNOCKING MORE PERSISTANTLY...TO BE CONSTANT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON...TO BIRTH THE CHRIST..SINCE THIS IS WHAT IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE HOW CAN THEY SEE THE GLORY?? I have fallen very short in the past, but I have stopped backing up also..stopped saying nooooo he didn't call me to do that...yes he did...to lay down my life and pick up the life of GOD...OR become in the oneness with the source my GOD...but your word for the day surely struck a cord...GODS' CONTINUED BLESSING FOR YOUR REVELATION.
Posted by: Patricia Pine | June 1, 2007 08:06 AM
Hi, since your messages are sooooooooooooo good, I have decided to keep them an make a note book and study from them and take my medicine...they are very full and need time which I shall give them...Thanks for all of your time and dedication to God. Bless you.
Posted by: Patricia Pine | June 1, 2007 08:32 AM