When Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 53:12, that Jesus would divide the spoil with the strong, he was referring to those whom Jesus would raise up; His seed through whom He would prolong His days. The spoil is all that the devil took that never belonged to him; the earth and all the authority he took from Adam and ruled with till Jesus Christ came on the scene. Now the spoil is with Jesus, and this He shares with the Church. This is not talking about when we get to Heaven, but now! We know that the sufferings of Christ have already taken place and this is the day of the glory that should follow; this is the time and the hour for that glory to be made manifest.

We need to know where we are in God’s timetable, and this does not apply to the Church in general. As an individual, you need to know where you are in God’s time table for your life. Where are you? Are you in God’s purpose now? Are you falling behind or are you moving ahead of God? It is possible to move ahead of God or to lag behind. When you move ahead of Him, you get to the wrong place. The Bible says in due time, at the right time, at the set time, Christ died for the ungodly (Romans 5:6). This means He was delivered for our transgressions according to the predetermined counsel of God. There was a time for it, for God planned it prior to that time and at the appointed time it happened.

Called To a Life of Glory

God has called you to a life of progress, a life of success and a life of glory. You were recreated to experience the glory of God; you were made for that purpose. No matter what phase of life you’re in right now, I want you to know if you’re born again that God created you for a life of glory, so you ought to be experiencing His glory in your life.

I know people say that life is full of ups and downs but that’s no news. The direction our lives ought to be going is upward and forward. If you find yourself at the down part, you get up and go over! When you’re at the up part, you still go over! The down part shouldn’t make you despondent. No! In the valley, shout His praise; on the mountain top, you shout His praise also. Why? God is God everywhere!

The Psalmist said, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me… Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies…” (Psalm 23:4-5). God didn’t say you would not have enemies, but right there in their presence, He prepares a table for you. You see, life takes on a new meaning when you know where you’re going, you know the One Who’s with you and you know the kind of life that He has planned for you to live.

Are you experiencing the glory? Are you walking in the glory? Are you experiencing the upward, supernatural and progressive life? As you read through this, you will get to learn and walk in accordance with the pattern that God has revealed in His Word. This pattern shows how you ought to experience the glory of God in your life.

Manifesting The Glory!

A lot of people, including Christians, are merely existing, not knowing where they are, what they ought to be doing or where they ought to be in life. So they just go about in the mere human course of life. This is wrong because God has a definite plan for every one of His children. God has called us to manifest His glory, display His virtues and show forth His praises.

The Bible says in 1 Peter 2:9: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”

How do you show forth His glory? John 2:11 says, “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.” When Jesus performed the miracle in Cana by turning water into wine, the Bible says that was the first miracle He performed, and by it He manifested forth His glory. In manifesting His glory, there was no cloud, smoke or a light beaming out of His head. This doesn’t mean such experiences aren’t good. They’re good, but, they’re not all there is, when you talk about glory. The Bible says when He turned water into wine, He manifested His glory by that miracle. This tells us that the supernatural life - the life of the miraculous - is the glorious life.

Do you know you can live a life of victory everyday without a tinge of despondency or discouragement? Your life can keep moving forward, because that is the call of God for your life.

But before you can manifest His glory, display His virtues and show forth His praises, you have to experience first His glory. You have to understand that no matter what phase of life you’re in or how you may be feeling, you can actually experience and manifest the glory of God.

Welcome to the life of glory!