Prepared for Glory

Monday 1 June
READ: Exo. 19: 1-11
MORE LESSON: Gen. 35:1-3

There is a responsibility for anyone who wants to attract God's presence and make His glory manifest in his life. Studying the Bible, you will discover that there is always a responsibility for anyone who wants to be a carrier of God's glory. Glory is by grace; free but not cheap. We can never pay for it but there is something expected of men to do to access it. Salvation is free by grace but you have to believe and confess the Lord before you get it. The same is true in the natural. If you are offered an appointment you have to write a letter of acceptance before assuming office. So to get the glory there are always responsibilities and when the glory comes there are still responsibilities attached for you to maintain the glory.

Anything you don't have commitment to will not last in your hands. So God wants to see your committed actions before He releases His glory on you. He will not give the glory to a man who will be careless with it and waste it without meeting his responsibilities. The expectations of God for those who desire to be carriers of His glory are to ascertain that when the glory comes, the carriers can value the glory. The cost and the responsibilities attached to glory are not because we have the capacity to pay for the glory but so that we can have a consciousness that we must not be careless with it.

In the text, God was to visit the people, so He told them to get ready and prepare themselves for the visit. The first responsibility for a man that will experience glory is that he must deliberately prepare himself or herself for glory. The first preparation demanded by God was that the people should sanctify and wash themselves. Righteousness and holiness are prerequisites for glory. Don't be carried away with the gospel that tells you that you can do anything because we are in the period of grace. The Scripture says the people should be sanctified for the glory to come; to be sanctified is to be set apart. If you want to get God's glory, you must be ready to give up certain things that a lot of people indulge in without any qualm.

It matters to God what you do; it matters to God how you live. Christ has paid everything on our behalf and by His grace and finished work we can enjoy glory. However, grace demands that we must live the holy life that Christ died to purchase for us.

Prayer/Action
* Ask for grace to help you in all areas of preparation needed for your glory.
* Pray that in all that you do from today, you will stand out in righteousness and holiness.
* Pray that you will not fail in the responsibility and expectation of God for you.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Blessed be your name oh God, for making the sixth month a reality for me among the living. Take the glory, Oh Lord!