Our faith gives glory to God!

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I just wanted to share something I received from the Lord. As I was sharing with Robbie about something through PM's and we were talking about the trials and tribulations we go through, the Lord all of a sudden opened up my understanding and as I was thinking about it, the Lord was just giving me more!

Here's what came to me. It's about our faith, and how we are to glorify God!

God wants to build something in us... He wants to build faith in us. And so he allows the devil to test us. He makes of us a showcase to the angels FOR HIS GLORY! The Lord is just showing me how our faith gives Him glory.

It's right there in how the devil speaks with the Lord before testing Job. The accuser goes before God and says "of course Job is faithfull to you, you are blessing him. Allow me to take everything from him and he will curse you." And God answers "Go ahed, test, see if he really loves me".

Job does NOT see God. And that is the important thing. The angels do, and so it is easy for them to believe him. But Job has never seen him. The devil takes everything away from Job, and yet Job keeps faith in God. Even if it was just hanging on by a string, he had faith! And so the devil and all the angels are shown that men, though they don't see him, can have faith in him and trust him.

This gives him glory! And the amazing thing is that it says that if you honor God, then he will honor you.

It is like this with us; we first give him honor by having faith even though we are going through terrible trials and tortures and pains, and so God receives glory. Then, and only then, God glorifies us! Like Job, who was restored after with twice as much as he had before. But that is an image of eternity. Now Jesus has come, the new is here, and by the strength of the Lord we can have faith to the end of our lives, to the point of being killed and destroyed! And then, in eternity, we receive glory, we share in his as we rule and reign with him... If we are faithfull!

As James says in his epistle, 'Humbe yourself in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up!"

It is a beautiful revelation! Praise the Lord, he is GREAT! :D

I just want to add and emphasize something; we don't see Him IN that situation! He hides from us for a time... That's what makes it so glorious! Our natural senses say "no, he is not here", but we trust him beyond that! :)
 

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Ok, here's something I want to add that Robbie has helped me to come to understand and I think is a good thing to keep in view.

The devil is the author of the weapons that come against us. They are from him and him alone, and are not in accordance to God's will.

But it simply makes the work of the Lord more glorious! He takes something he has not made and not planned, and yet uses it for the good, showing his might! He is always in control of the situation! He says to the sea you will go this far and no further, and it stops right where he says. It is amazing!

Glory to Him! :)
 

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[Peace with God Through Faith]
[5:1] Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. [2] Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [3] Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, [4] and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, [5] and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
(Romans 5:1-5 ESV)


This passage is particularly dear to my heart. It's really what you've been talking about. The last ten years of my life have not been easy due to illness, but oh! The trust and wonder that I have learnt and felt for my Lord due to this hard walk, has made it all so worth it! It is actually difficult for me to explain how my walk with Jesus has changed because of this....but one thing I know for certain. Had my life continued to sail along happily, I know that I would still be a shallow Christian. My struggles have brought me close to God and taught me to trust in Him and nothing else. Quite simply...it's beautiful, that He would use something ugly, and make something wonderful out of it! And in all of it, the glory, majesty and power, goes straight to Him, just as it should!
 

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[Peace with God Through Faith]
[5:1] Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. [2] Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [3] Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, [4] and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, [5] and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
(Romans 5:1-5 ESV)


This passage is particularly dear to my heart. It's really what you've been talking about. The last ten years of my life have not been easy due to illness, but oh! The trust and wonder that I have learnt and felt for my Lord due to this hard walk, has made it all so worth it! It is actually difficult for me to explain how my walk with Jesus has changed because of this....but one thing I know for certain. Had my life continued to sail along happily, I know that I would still be a shallow Christian. My struggles have brought me close to God and taught me to trust in Him and nothing else. Quite simply...it's beautiful, that He would use something ugly, and make something wonderful out of it! And in all of it, the glory, majesty and power, goes straight to Him, just as it should!

Amen sister! That's a neat testimony.

If we decide to trust the Lord with our trials and rejoice in Him, these very trials can be the means of God to change our lives. How would we be deep if we always had our way and our will?

Those verses describe it perfectly... I love that! Through faith we have access to grace (the power of God), and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God almighty! :)
 

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Something neat happened :)

I talked about this on another site, and a brother actually completed the 'equation', so to speak.

Here's what he had to say:
"Our obedience to Him, glorifies Him.
Our humble response to His mercy, pleases Him.

His day of mercy will end one day and what we are the moment He returns is what we will remain, Father have mercy on us, please."

I see it now. We have to be zealous for the Lord, in all humility. "Therefore repent, and be zealous" (Jesus to a church in Revelations) How easy it is to stray!
We must be humble in the face of his mercy. He has mercy on us, all with the purpose of making us like him, but if it puffs us up and we think we are special because of it, then it defeats the purpose. Thus we have to build righteousness; be humble and take the lowest seat. It pleases him :)

Then we receive trials and we are obedient. We have faith and we take the low seat God has given us, and give him glory in it. Thus the Lord is glorified! And we walk in holiness... We walk by faith and not by sight!

Just thought I would share...