All of God’s precious Word is “God breathed,” is given by the inspiration of God…it is all perfect, infallible and absolutely true and right! While it is all inspired it is not all equally inspiring! I’m sure that that has to do with user error, meaning a problem with my heart, but reading through the genealogies and reading John 17 impacts my heart and mind in a radically different manner.
When I read in John 17:10 that Jesus prays to the Father, “All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them,” I am moved deeply and my soul is nourished. I am stunned when I read in the same prayer that Jesus asks the Father to “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth,” and a few verses later that Jesus prays the same thing for us today, “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” When I read these words, when I meditate on these precious promises from God’s Word, my breath is taken away, my soul soars, and my only right response is to worship my glorious King, Lord and Savior.
Equally breathtaking is Paul’s stunning portrait given under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in 2 Thessalonians where we see Jesus glorified in the saints.
when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ2 Thessalonians 1:10–12 (ESV) .
I hope this takes your breath away, I hope this blows your mind! The only appropriate response to this truth is genuine Worship. It is awe striking

that on “that day” Jesus will come “to be glorified” in HIS children and to “marveled at among all who have believed,” that is for all who have loved HIM and loved the truth of HIS Word.
Macus Rainsford wrote in Our Lord Prays for His Own, “It is in redeeming sinners Jesus is most glorified; it cost Him but a word to create the worlds, but to redeem a sinner’s soul cost Him all that He had, including His tremendous stoop from heaven’s glory to earth’s wilderness, the cross, and the curse. It is in regenerating sinners that the Lord Jesus manifests His glory.”
In Revelation 5:9 John points to this glory by teaching us a new song that we will learn in heaven, it goes like this…”And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
I believe that all of this helps us gain an understanding of Hebrews 12:2… “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
What is the joy set before our LORD? It is HIS glory going on display from “that day” through all eternity “in HIS saints”. It is the Father ultimately answering Jesus prayer in John 17:24, “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.”
If you are wondering “so what?” You might be thinking that these are nice ethereal vapors but “so what?” Let me answer with a question and I will stop. If you belong to HIM, if you are one of HIS own, is your daily life transformed by these truths or are you held bondage by your past? Do you live in the light of your future or do you walk in the darkness of your past?
Walk in the light and love God and delight in genuine worship…this is what you were created to do!
Pursuing HIM together,
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Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,