Show Us Your Glory by Robert Henderson

Author:Robert Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768453607
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

CHAPTER 5

THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD

As the Lord set Moses inside the cleft of the rock, He told Him He would be gracious to whom He would be gracious. The glory of God is a display of the grace of God at work. Any encounter with the glory of God will always involve God’s grace. Many think that grace is only a New Testament idea. The scripture does say in John 1:17 that Jesus’ coming into the earth did begin an era of grace.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The dispensation of the law that came under Moses was changing to a time of grace and truth that Jesus was ushering in. However, this does not mean that grace was not a part of the very character and nature of God in the Old Testament. People who think God had a sudden change to who He is when the New Testament era came are wrong. God has always been gracious. It was the activity of Jesus that allowed this nature of God to be revealed. We see the Lord being proclaimed to be gracious in many places. One of them is Psalm 116:5.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;

Yes, our God is merciful.

The word gracious comes from the Greek word chanan. It means to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior. This is a great understanding and description of grace. The grace that Jesus brought comes from the gracious character of God that bends and stoops to us who are inferior. Psalm 113:5-9 gives this idea to us. It speaks of the kindness of God that will reach to us in our burned out and even destroyed lives. As He extends Himself and we respond, we can be lifted to places of great life, power, influence, enjoyment, and blessings.

Who is like the Lord our God,

Who dwells on high,

Who humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in the heavens and in the earth?

He raises the poor out of the dust,

And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,

That He may seat him with princes—

With the princes of His people.

He grants the barren woman a home,

Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the Lord!

Even though the Lord dwells in the highest place, He humbles Himself to behold us in our low position. He doesn’t stop there, however. He reaches to us and lifts us up. The poor are lifted out of the dust. This speaks of the struggle in the nitty gritty of life. The mundane fight to not just overcome but to survive. God reaches to us in His graciousness and lifts us up. He also lifts us from the ash heap. Of course, anything that is ashes is something that has been burned up. Many people find themselves in a burned-out place. Their lives are destroyed and everything has been lost. All that is left are ashes. God in His grace lifts these up and gives them a position among leaders. He seats these with the princes and influential people.

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