Promise of Jesus 144: Behold His Glory

144. Behold His Glory

 John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me.

 Those of us whom God gave to Jesus will be with Jesus where He is so that we may see His glory. When the Holy Spirit reveals our sins placed upon Jesus Christ on the cross and when we see our sins taken away by Christ, then we behold His glory. The glory is seen in the unimaginable love of Jesus to forgive and save. We are with Him on the cross dying with Him to sin and rising with Him to new life in His bodily resurrection from the dead. This happens in our baptism, and it reoccurs every day when we remember our baptism: as Romans 6:4 says: “Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”

With the eyes of faith, generated by HS through the Gospel, we see the glory of Jesus hidden beneath the innocent suffering and death. It looks like incredible love; this love is the glory of Jesus. Faith beholds His glory. This revealing vision is beheld every time we hear the Gospel. When we repent and believe the Gospel we are with Him and we see glory. This overwhelming love has the power to change our lives. We walk away from “church” uplifted into glory. We get up from our personal devotions in the Word and prayer with a new spring in our step.

Where does this spiritual power come from? It comes from the Gospel, in which we see the glory of Jesus. Seeing the Glory of Grace is a miracle of sight for the blind. “I once was blind but now I see.”