Glory to Glory
2 Corinthians 3:18 says, "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." Some translations say, "being transformed from glory to glory." To be ever-increasing in glory - is to continually be changed into what you were created to be. It is to be conformed to His likeness. It is increasing in the character and nature of God. Let me ask you a question. How do we go from glory to glory? Glory to glory is not moving from one state of euphoria to another. It is not going from one state of being lost in the spirit to the other. To go from glory to glory - to be ever-increasing in glory - is to continually be changed into what you were created to be. It is to be conformed to His likeness. It is increasing in the character and nature of God..In Exodus 33:18, Moses said to God "show me your glory." Moses was asking God to show him all that made Him who He is. In response, God said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you. cleft of the rock and passes before him, proclaiming, in Exodus 34:6-7 , wow ! "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. God is declaring to Moses that He is the one and only true God. He is the Almighty, the eternal and self-existent God. He is God, and there is none beside Him. He is God, and there is no other. From this, we can see that the glory of God is the character and nature of God. It is what makes God who He is. It is the culmination and radiance of the totality of all God is. let me ask you this. Could you be bold like Moses ? Moses asked to see His glory. God told him He would allow His goodness to pass before him. The goodness of God is a manifestation of His glory. To go from glory to glory, we need to be increasing in what makes up His glory. We need to be increasing in compassion, graciousness, patience, love, faithfulness, forgiveness. Increasing in these things is what will take you from glory to glory. Now, here is the kicker - here is a measuring gauge for you: God's glory can be seen in and through your goodness to others. That is not just to those who are good to you. It is easy to be good to those that are good to you. But what about those who are not so good to you? Can they see the goodness - the glory of God - in you? How are you doing on the journey from glory to glory? Now let's see What is the glory of God according to the Bible? The glory of God is the invisible qualities of God made visible. The glory of God is Jesus Christ. The glory of God is most displayed in the gospel of Jesus Christ. And everything God ever did, does, or will do is motivationally rooted in his own glory. I believe The glory of God isn’t just a feeling, an event or an Old Testament experience—it’s a spiritual tsunami of everything contained in the character of God. The word glory is literally translated “heavy weight,” meaning the heaviest, biggest, grandest thing about someone. It has been called the manifested presence of God, but more than just a presence, it’s power. The kind of power that resurrects, delivers, overcomes and transforms. It is greater and stronger than any other power in existence. And it belongs to us.Yet, maybe you feel like the glory of God is untouchable, unreachable. Maybe you think of the manifestation of the glory of God as something reserved for special church services or an extraordinary circumstance.you know that the glory of God is available to you 24/7? It’s built-in. That’s how God designed it—it’s how He designed you. Because you were born of God (John 1:13), that glory is inside you right now! All things that the Father has—including His glory—belong to you. This means His glory isn’t too far out of reach. It’s right within your grasp!( Acts 7:55 ),But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God.If we aren’t expecting to see the glory of God, we probably won’t. Just like anything in the kingdom of God, it takes faith to see a manifestation. The glory of God is a visible power. In the Old Testament, the glory appeared as a cloud, smoke or fire. The same glory that raised Jesus from the dead was manifested as fire by night and a cloud by day in the wilderness (Exodus 13:21). This same glory separated Israel and the land of Goshen from the rest of Egypt when there was light in the land of Goshen, but not in Egypt (Exodus 10:23). What was that light? The glory. The glory of God’s presence. I ask you can we see those same physical manifestations of God’s glory today? Yes!