Past Glory

“I pray that the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would impart to you the riches of the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of revelation to know him through your deepening intimacy with him.” (Ephesians 1:17 TPT)

Do you feel like you are past your prime? Are your best days behind you? Or could they still be ahead? 

Most of us who are ‘older’ think our glory days are behind us. Thus, we tend to dwell in the past--recounting victories, pining losses, reminiscing about the good old days, and regretting bygone mistakes. We try to hang on to vestiges of youth and vitality through natural and artificial methods.  Although there are many ways to delay physical and mental decline, eventually all humans succumb to the aging process. 

“Stop dwelling on the past. Don’t even remember these former things. I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert.” (Isaiah 48:28-19 TPT)

The beauty and strength of youth cannot hold a candle to what is available to us in Christ. The Father of glory is working in us, imparting spiritual wisdom and revelation as we deepen our intimacy with Him. He is doing something brand new, something unimaginable. Even though we can’t always recognize it, we are growing and evolving. God is blazing trails through the wilderness, channeling streams of grace into the aridness. The  days of youthful sparkle are perhaps over. Yet, for those who operate under the power of God’s infinite glory, the best days are still ahead.