Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 74
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life
Ministries International
Littleton, Colorado
DAY 285
The
Opposite of Glory
Glory is God, and He is written into the very fiber of our makeup and
being; we, along with all the earth, proclaim His glory. The heavens declare His
glory, which is in all things He creates. So what is the opposite of glory? If all things
have His glory in them, then the
opposite of glory would be nothing attempting to be something. Who fits that description?
Satan! He is a nothing attempting to be something! He is not a created being
but a resultant being, the result of walking away from what he was created to
be: an angel glorifying God. He wants more than anything to be a
something. Glory is revealed in accomplishments, not destruction, and the enemy has no glory except that
which is given him through those who fear him! Apart from that he has
none of his own. That is
why Satan so loves to hear the believers talk of his power, abilities,
intelligence, and his capacity to strike fear in all those who would oppose
him. God is the glory, and apart from Him there
is no glory. Satan was not the last enemy to be defeated, but the first.
Luke 10:18, “And He said to them, 'I was watching Satan fall from heaven like
lightning.'” Like fallen
man, Satan does not acknowledge the Creator and has become a nothing. God is glory!
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Michael sums up this “glory” thing…
·
God is glory.
·
Apart from Him
there is no glory.
·
God hasn’t lost
His glory for me to give it back to Him
·
Satan has no
glory except that which is given him through those who fear him.
·
We proclaim God’s
glory simply because He is written into the very fiber of our
makeup and being
(those of us who are born-again Christians).
·
The heavens and
all creation proclaim Gods glory.
It is time we fully recognize that the enemy has deceitfully created
another counterfeit in our life…taken a word meant only for God and given it to
man. Man has carelessly accepted
it. Man needs to stick to giving God
PRAISE, not “glory.”
It is time we fully recognize what is “the opposite of glory.” As Michael says, “the opposite of glory is
nothing attempting to be something.
Satan fits that description. He
is a “resultant being.” A resultant
being deserves NO glory. DO NOT give any
“talk” to him!
Michael’s statement “the enemy has no glory except that which is given
him through those that fear him” brings great concern to this heart. As a pastor and friend, I hear far too many
Christians mentioning the devil more often than I hear them mentioning God and
Jesus Christ. Constant chatter of “the
devil’s really out to get me,” “he’s been dogging me all week,” “be careful,
the devil is trying to (you name it) you!”
I wonder how many Christians stop to think that they may be FEARING
Satan…when the Bible says we are to “fear the Lord.” And those are two different “fears.”
The devil is a nothing. Well, amen.
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