Glorious Living

“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. (Ephesians 1:11-12 MSG)

Who am I, and what am I living for?

We are designed for GLORIOUS living. How many of us can say that we live ‘gloriously’. What does that even look like?

Well I can tell you what it isn’t!  It doesn’t mean seeking pleasure, fame, or merely enjoying oneself.

When God’s glory shines through us, then our lives become brilliantly beautiful. In order for this to happen, we have to be close to God—like a cut glass candle-holder that contains a glowing candle. Yet most of us are empty, disconnected, and separated from this source of light. We fill our candle-holders with trinkets, missing our purpose, choosing to remain unlit.

“I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength! (Ephesians 1:15-19 MSG)