Maintaining the Glory

Text: Num.20: 1-12
More Lesson: Rev. 3:11
Bible Reading in One Year: 2Kings 4-6

We have been talking about the great glory that Moses experienced in God but do you know that he didn't enter into the Promised Land? The Bible says it came to pass on one occasion that the Israelites were murmuring because they wanted water; they murmured as usual and by then you would think that Moses should have been used to the murmuring of the people. Just this one occasion, the great man of glory struck the rock instead of speaking to it. He was angry with the people so he said and did things he shouldn't have and the Lord told him, 'That's it. You will see the Land but you will not enter into it'. He was to see the glory but not to partake of the glory. Moses, the man that the Bible says was the meekest man was brought down by a bout of anger. The man who said that without God's presence he would not go and God gave him a guarantee of His presence still missed it. If someone like Moses could miss it, then we all have to be careful. Thank God he made heaven.

Brethren, the great challenge I throw to you today is to daily take the responsibility of maintaining and guarding God's glory in your life. Job was another man who had experienced God’s wonderful glory but one day, something happened that made him say: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head: Job 19:9. This shows us that glory can be withdrawn and removed. So, you don't only need to know how to prepare for glory; you also need to know how to handle and manage glory.

The first thing in sustaining glory is that no matter how great you have become, it is necessary for you to remain with God because it takes only a little thing for glory to be stripped off you. When pride, anger and arrogance begin to come into a man's life, the man's glory is nearing its end. If some men in the world today know that they can be stripped of glory, they will be more careful of how they handle it. Friends, do not allow wealth, titles and position to get into your head because glory can change.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah: Psa. 4:2. The worst thing is that glory can turn into shame; and sin and seeking vanity (idolatry) are what cause this.

If your glory will not depart, cease or change, then you need to ask God to defend your glory. And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: FOR UPON ALL THE GLORY SHALL BE A DEFENCE: Isa 4:5.

Prayer/Action
* Today, you need to cry to heaven that your glory shall neither be taken nor become a shame.
* Ask that your glory and place another shall not take.
* Pray that you will start and finish well and strong.

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