Dear
Brothers & Sisters:
Over
the last few days, I've had the most wonderful things revealed to me
by our God, father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This divine
knowledge has relieved so much stress from my life and provided me
with a clear understanding of our mission and the glory of God.
Mission:
Bring light to darkness, order to chaos and beauty to void.
From
the very opening of Genesis we see our Father entering into a moment
and seeing darkness, chaos and void.
“In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth
was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,
and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” Genesis 1: 1-2
Seeing
this, our Father's first words are “Let there be light.” From
this very moment he inserts his light into the darkness and begins
the process of bringing order to the chaos (vaults) and beauty to
void (plants, animals, etc.).
In
Genesis 26, Our Father says, “ Let us make mankind in our image, in
our likeness.” Shortly afterwards, in Genesis 27, he directs
mankind to follow his lead, bring light to darkness, order to chaos
and beauty to void, when he says “Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it.”
Through
this Word, I now understand, as clear as day, our primary mission. We
are of God, made in his image and likeness, and our mission is to
step into all darkness, chaos and void and use his Word and his
gift's to bring light, order and beauty to it.
Glory:
Since
becoming a Christian, I've had a hard time understanding the fullness
and beauty of the word “Glory.” During this week, I was given a
clear understanding that has dramatically affected my life
and relationship.
God's
glory is pure goodness on an incomprehensible scale and all things
that are good derive from him. On a comprehensible scale, we partake
in small slices of God's glory through highly individualized acts of
goodness.
The
kiss of a baby – God's glory.
Dancing
taste buds – God's glory.
A
cool & gentle breeze – God's glory.
A
kind gesture - God's glory.
A
loving look from a family member or significant other – God's
glory.
A revelation through friends - God's glory.
Each
time we experience any good thing, it is God, our Father, reaching
out to us through the darkness to comfort us. It is a deeply personal
and intentional interaction directly from our Father's throne. As a
result, we should experience that dancing taste bud, baby's kiss,
loving look and kind gesture with immense praise and glory because
our Father is present. If these slices of glory provide us with great
joy, imagine when we step into the entire fullness of God's glory!
Here's my attempt to quantify God's glory:
The
aggregation of all the goodness you have ever felt,
multiplied
by...
the
total number of elect,
multiplied
by all the unseen goodness
and....
multiplied
by infinity.
Now
that's incomprehensible glory! Oh brothers and sisters, I can barely,
if at all, comprehend the overwhelming beauty of that moment.
But
what about the days when we are not experiencing these good things?
Well first, I now believe it is impossible to go through a day
without experiencing a good thing. But if you fail to recognize it,
all you have to do is stand outside and look into the heavens that
proclaim his glory. In these heavens, we see God living out his
mission to bring light to darkness, order to chaos and beauty to
void. It is the clearest sign that he has been faithful through our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (light) and will not rest until there is
order and beauty and we're brought as individuals and a people into
the entire fullness of his glory.
Kyle Christian Steele
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