Glory

The words of Jesus to our God the Father:

"I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do." - John 17:4

"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world." - John 17:24

Jesus' fulfilled his purpose on earth... to GLORIFY God as his purpose, in his purpose, and in the accomplishment of his purpose. then Jesus prays to God that we may see his glory, see him glorified!

is my heart like Jesus' heart? is my all consuming, daily desire to ultimately glorify God? honestly and sadly I have to say no. to glorify God is not always my hearts desire. desire to glorify myself gets in the way. how could my heart so easily stray and lose this desire of glorifying God?

BUT!!!!

the amazing part comes in when Jesus begins to pray. he prays for our ability to see the glory. he knew. he knew all along my heart would easily stray. he knew i would be blind. he prayed this for me when he was here on earth. 2000 years ago he knew.

Christ in/with/above...

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

- saint patrick

I pray that the Lord would give me a heart that yearns for Christ in everything.

emphasis on faithful

today remember that God is not a God of confusion, doubt, worry, unrest, or disappointment. He is faithful and His love is steadfast. i must cling to this.

He is everything good. my God is so good! wow i serve a good, glorious, majestic, beautiful, sovereign, loving, creative, FAITHFUL God.

emphasis on faithful. he is. even when i'm not. isn't that amazing? that the God who created the heavens, earth, sound, color, life is faithful to me, to you? definition of faithful: loyal, constant, steadfast. this means that he is loyal to us, always constant in loving, providing, and leading us, and he is resolutely firm and unwavering towards us. wow mind blowing that our God possesses that in His character.

Praises

Tehillim. Its Hebrew for praises. What if my heart lived by tehillim?