More of His Glory!

I want like many of us more of God's glory in my life (2 Cor. 3:18).  I have fasted, prayed, worshiped crying out for more of Him and yet I don't see much of a difference, I am in a place of holy frustration.  We have entered into a new season, celebrating Rosh Hashanah in early September, and into the day of Atonement in med September where we examine our hearts letting go of any sin that we have not confessed or unforgiveness we have held onto from the previous year.  This week we have just finished celebrating the feast of tabernacles, where we reflect on what it means to be His permanent dwelling place and believe through prayer to receive a greater glory for the new year.

God has been speaking to me to have more of His glory is more than just prophesying, preaching, healing, and evangelizing more effectively but to walk in His ways all of the day.  Meaning to allow Him to order my footsteps (Ps. 17:5), acknowledging Him in everything so that He directs my path (Pr. 3:6).  I can say I have allowed Him to do that primarily in a church setting, but not so much in every other part of my life.  I can be so lazy, so loose.  Is God glorified in my finances, is He glorified in how I treat my wife and children, is He glorified in the condition of my vehicle, or the condition of my yard, or home, is He glorified when I am alone, in what I watch on television?

God is not glorified in the things I neglect, He has called me to be a faithful steward (Lk. 14:2) over all that He has entrusted into my care.  God cares about each area of my life and I cannot expect Him to be glorified in some areas and not in others.  Being too busy is not an excuse He will except.  The reason there is neglect in our lives is because He is not directing our path (Luke 11:42).  When God is in control everything that is His brings Him glory (1 Chr. 29:11).

We have taken grace and cheapened it (Gal. 2:21).  We have taken what Jesus did on the cross and made it as just a way to get away with sin (1 Cor. 1:17).  Jesus said He didn't come to do away with the law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17).  We see in the book of Leviticus God taught the children of Israel what it meant to be set apart, to be holy.  The law involved all aspects of life.  God is leading me on a journey to understand what it means to be holy, what it means to be a temple that is filled with His glory, what it means to benefit from His grace, what it means to be a citizen of His kingdom.  The children of Israel had the law on stone, we have the law written in our hearts (Ro. 2:17) .  They were bound to fail in the flesh, we are able to succeed through the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:23) .

Over the next few months I will be digging into the book of Leviticus hoping to discover what it means to have my life ordered by God.  I pray that you take this journey along with me.