God's Presence/ God's Glory

Have you ever heard the words God's Presence or God's Glory? Or you heard people just saying the word Glory? Then you asked yourself what does those words mean.

Well, as we learned in Exodus 33:14-23 those words have great meaning. Moses, after spending 40ish days with God, getting a download on guidelines how to live in God's Kingdom, anointing priests and those for workmanship, and being handed the Tablets of Testimonies hand written by God, and still... Moses asked and double checked to make sure God's Presence is going to go with him and the Israelites (not just himself) on their journey. Then, he asked to see God's glory. Two different things.

God responded to Moses's ask because Moses found favor in God's sight. God covered Moses with His hand (protection) as He went by Moses and let Moses get a glimpse of God's tangible self. Much deeper than just His presence being Omnipresence.

What is God's Presence and God's Glory?

God's Presence - being near, Omnipresence, He dwells on the inside of believers through the Holy Spirit, and He manifests through a specific and powerful revelation or experience.

In God's Presence we feel comfort and security, joy and delight, guidance and wisdom.

God's Glory - It is understood as a TANGIBLE, manifested presence rather than just an abstract concept, often explained as a "heavyweight" or Devine atmosphere that transforms, heals, and empowers.

• The physical experience is sometimes a feel, see, or sense His glory, which include physical sensations or dramatic changes in the atmosphere.

• The Transformation and power from His Glory: The presence acts in tangible ways, such as healing sickness, breaking addictions, and solving impossible problems.

God's Glory is like adding salt to our eggs. As long as salt stays in the shaker our eggs aren't changed, the presence of salt is there on the table which is comforting knowing it is there. However, it takes an act, a tangible action for the salt to get on the eggs. (God's Glory being applied to our lives) Once the salt touches the eggs, it is tangible, the eggs are changed forever. The same goes for us, once God's Glory touches our lives, we are changed forever, it should be a tangible change, weightiness, healing, breaking addictions, or solving an impossible problem.

Through all of this, lets not forget about Bishop's, "Exploring the Glory" emails. If we as a people of God can grab ahold of the importance of God's Presence, and God's Glory and apply them to our daily life, we will be a changed group of people.

You can email Bishop at bishop@bami.org and ask for the Exploring the Glory email series.

Questions:

What Stood out to you about God's Presence?

What stood out to you about God's Glory?

How do we tap into these keys of the Kingdom?