"Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." (1 Cor 3:7-18)
The veil has been torn so that we might come into the very throne room. If Moses blinded the Israelites under the old covenant, how much more so should we be blinding those around us with the glory of the Lord? So how do we receive the Glory?
"A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven" (John 3:27)
"Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will." (John 5:19, 20)
We must take time to watch and pray - to see what our Father in Heaven is doing. It is by this careful watch that we are filled up. We should do nothing unless we have received from the Lord. I know for myself I am not walking in the "greater works", I myself am not seeing fully the marvelous things of the Lord, and I think it has to do with the striving in my own strength and th lack of watchfulness. Unless the Lord builds the house, we labor in vein. As we become less, He will become more - that is how the glory manifests. It is time to walk in our inheritance. Jesus said, "'My house will be called a house of prayer," but we have quite a ways to go before we get to the place where I would call his house a house of prayer. The glory will come through watching and praying.
Now is the time to get before Him on our knees and pray - to seek first His kingdom - and get rightly aligned with Him. When we do that, we will be a greater reflection of who He is, and the Kingdom of God will come to the earth in preparation for His return! Let's be as the wise virgins (Matt 25:1-13) and continue to fill our jars and watch for our Lord's return!
