Glow in the Glory of the Lord

I had the privilege of attending a service at my church last night with guest speaker, Kimberly Taylor.  Kimberly has thirty years of preaching experience, is a recording artist with a beautiful voice, songwriter and has been seen on TBN with Evangelist Nancy Harmon.  It was a wonderful service.  There were a couple of times during the service that I chuckled not because I found anything humorous but because I could all too well relate to some things she said.  For example, she shared with some people there that the Lord was going to take them into “another room” in regard to the spiritual realm where some would think they were crazy.  I chuckled because over the course of the past few months and the journey the Lord has taken me on, there have been times that I have been concerned that some may think I’ve lost my mind and gone crazy.  The great news is that I’ve reached a point in my faith and my relationship the Lord that I really don’t care what others may think.  I really don’t care if some think I’m crazy or not and for me that is a huge accomplishment.  For far too long I’ve been too concerned about what others may think of me instead of what my Heavenly Father thinks of me, when His opinion is the only one that truly matters.

Kimberly also shared with us that she had attended a women’s conference in which one of the evening sessions continued until after midnight.  She said that when she entered the elevator to go up to her room, the hip-hop/rap entertainer Usher and his band entered the elevator with her.  She shared with us how they were all looking at her funny and one of the band members, I believe she said his name was Carlos, looked at her and apologized for the way they were all looking at her but they were doing so because she was “glowing”.  She explained that the ‘glow’ was the glory of the Lord upon her.  “WOW!” I thought.  To glow in the glory of the Lord, that is where I want to go.  Matthew 17:1-8 “Jesus was transfigured.  His face shone like the Sun and his clothes were white” Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory”  2 Corinthians 3:7-18  Verse 18 “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.” 

Have you ever seen a Christian and saw something in them that you were not sure what it was you saw in them, but recognized its beauty and wished you could have it also?  It is the Holy Spirit of the Lord within them.  I want the Lord to take me into ‘another room’ and I truly don’t care if some think I’ve gone mad.  I want to learn and grow and be filled with His Holy Spirit.  I want Him to use me for His purpose and His kingdom.  I want to walk in complete confidence, faith and trust in the Lord to the point there is no separation from Him.  I want to be so filled with the Holy Spirit that I too, glow in the glory of the Lord.  I want to walk filled with the Spirit of God, overflowing with Joy and with the Light of the Lord shining through my eyes, hands and feet unto the world.