The Perfecting Church

God has placed His glory in us and made the details of our lives a part of His plans and purposes for creation. He’s doing something with us individually and collectively that’s greater than we can fully see or grasp. Our trust must remain rooted in Him, in order for Him to bring out the glory He’s hidden in us. Because in spite of all we have faced and will face in this world, the unwavering truth remains — His glory is in us.

There are seasons in our lives where we can clearly see the glory of God expressed through our lives. However, there are difficult times and times of transition where God’s glory is not so evident to the natural eye. Regardless of the season we are experiencing, we are called to rest in the knowledge that God is transforming into His image and expressing His glory through us. God is taking us from glory to glory.

Romans 8:18-19 proclaims all of creation awaits the manifestation of what Colossians 1:26-27 describes as the hope of glory—Christ in us. The greatest opposition to this glory heaven hopes to be revealed, and the world longs to see is… US! This message celebrates the strength found in weakness, and its power to unleash God’s glory, asking, “Does this world need more of us or Christ in us?”

God’s glory is on display throughout all of creation. The skies, the seas, the stars, they all reflect the jaw-dropping, splendor of God’s glory. But no where can the glory of God be seen, in the way it’s seen in us — those made in His image and after His likeness. We were born for the glory of God and God has called us to meet with Him face to face to get it.

God has made us for His glory. We have not made ourselves. There is no such thing as a self-made man or woman. We have all been constructed by God for God’s glory. God wants to wear us as His garment. He intends to put Himself on display, through our surrendered lives.

We all want to be glorious. We all want to be great. We all want to make a lasting contribution to this world. That desire is tied to the fact that we were all born for God’s glory. Each one of us was born to reflect the glory of God in the earth. We were created to point to Him though the unique expressions of His substance and character through our lives.

As priest of the Most High God, we have an awesome assignment and a tremendous privilege to re-present the King of Glory to mankind. In this present hour, it is imperative that we not remain in the outer court, but daily go Beyond the Veil to access the power and provision God has for us.

They carried the Tent of Meeting with them in the first testament. God instructed them to build the Tent so He could dwell among them and reign over them as their God and King. In the second testament, God has made us His dwelling place. He has taken residence within us and He’s extending His Kingdom through the willing submission of our lives.

Moses’ Tent of Meeting was replaced by Solomon’s and finally Herod’s Temple. Herod’s, second Temple was destroyed in 70AD. But the heavenly temple, not made with hands, from which the Tent of Meeting and the Temples were patterned, still exists. Jesus has made the Church His priesthood, and we have been called to worship. We were made for worship, in a Temple not made with hands.

God no longer requires us to sacrifice bulls and lambs at the Temple as an act of worship as He did in the Old Testament. So, what is true worship, how should we worship, where should we worship, and when should we worship as New Testament believers? As we go deeper into the heart of God to discover the answers to these critical questions we will come away knowing that true worship cost us something.