Throughout the Old Testament and New, we find specific accounts of the glory of God being tangibly manifest. The Hebrew translation of the word ‘glory’ is the word ‘kabod’. It literally means the weightiness of God, encompassing everything that makes God – God. We see the glory being demonstrated as a consuming fire on Mount Sinai. We see it defeat the devil when Jesus took away his dominion and authority over mankind, and all of hell could not prevent Him from making a triumphant show of the enemy’s defeat – nor could they keep Him from being raised up from the dead! God’s glory is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good! In Genesis 1 we see the glory of God in creation – giving substance to every Word He spoke. We see the glory of God shake the foundations of a prison, break open Paul and Silas’s shackles and swing wide every prison door, as a result of their sacrifice of praise. Then, in Psalm 8, we read about man, before the fall, where God crowned him with the substance of Himself – His glory. That glory gave man dominion and authority over the devil, and all the earth. It also gave him the ability to know God intimately, to walk with Him, and talk with Him and reflect Him in all he put his hands to. The result of his sin certainly stripped that glory from mankind. The book of Romans says we have all sinned and fallen short of that glory. But praise God for His redemptive plan! Because of the obedience of Jesus and the finished work of the cross – what the first Adam lost, the second Adam – the Lord Jesus Christ – fully restored! The Spirit of God came to take residence within every believer, causing us to be carriers of His glory! That precious treasure within earthen vessels – the exceeding greatness of His glory power that infuses us with His mighty inner strength! Now our dominion and authority over the devil and all circumstances has been restored and reinstated! Now we have been reconciled to the Father and have intimate fellowship with Him and His Son – all because His glory has been restored in us! Never lose sight of this incomparable gift that is your inheritance in Christ – Christ in you – God’s glory restored!