The Lord Needs It
(Lk 19:28-40)
God is the Lord of glory(Ac 7:2; 1Co 2:8; Jas 2:1).
For His glory, He made all things and is their Owner(Is 43:7), and
With glory He rewards those who are used for His glory(Rm 8:17).
Faith is knowing Him and
The life of this faith is putting effort in great fear and trembling to be used until the end(1Co 2:3, 1Co 9:27)
If people in the world consider it a great honor
To have their knowledge, talent, experience, materials etc.
Be used for those in higher places,
How much greater the honor if we are used
For the glorious God!
In spite of the fact that he was made as an archangel to glorify God,
He became proud and wanted glory to himself(Eze 28:12-13, Eze17-19), because of which
He was cast down into Hades until the great day of judgment(Is 14:12-15; Eze 28:17-19; Jude 1:6).
Deceived by the devil,
Adam sinned and
All men became bound for hell (Mt 25:41).
When God called Moses (Ex 3:1-12, Ex 4:1-17),
He was tending sheep in the desert at an old age and could not speak well,
Because of which he initially refused to go.
In the end, however,
He delivered the people of Israel out of their slavery of 430 years in Egypt for
God who promised to be with him and reveal Himself.
The sanctuary was where
The name of the Lord God, His glory was (Nu 16:19; 1Ki 5:5; 2Ch 5:14).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days (Jn 2:19), and angered the Jews.
What He referred to, however, was the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
Through which He would reveal the glory of the One and Only Son for
He is the glory that was with the Father in the beginning (Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14, Jn 1:18, Jn 17:5),
The radiance of God's glory (He 1:3) who
Came in flesh to be used for the Father's glory.
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
- Laid down His life according to the Father's word and glorified Him, and the Father then gave Him glory (Jn 10:17-18; Php 2:8-11);
- Condemned the angel who attempted to steal God's glory (Is 14:12-15); and
- Sprinkled His blood and redeemed all men, preparing them to be used gloriously for His purpose (He 9:21-22).
The Father finally lifted Him up to the heavenly throne and
Jesus became the Lord of glory.
The Holy Spirit came in the name Y'shua
To those born of His blood and
Lets them see the glory of the Lord Y'shua.
At times in the Bible, God used those who were young and weak,
Such as Isaac, Samuel, Jeremiah etc. because
They did not rely on themselves but
Humbly trusted and feared God.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Puts every effort to have a child's heart, a humble heart and
Be used for the glory of the Lord Y'shua until the end,
Confessing his weaknesses and inabilities and
Relying on demonstrations of the Spirit's power( 1Co 2:1-5).
O Lord,
While some were used from the day they were weaned,
Only now we are called to be used.
Nevertheless, we are grateful that You use such useless sinners like us - what an honor!
Let us humbly rely on demonstrations of the Spirit's power.
Lord, use us for Your glory until the end! Amen.