Summer 2006
The Reflection of His Glory
Wade E Taylor

“I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:1

Continual worship is maintaining within us an attitude and atmosphere for worship – our lives consecrated with the totality of our being entering into the harmony of heaven in praise and worship.

“They look to Him and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.” Psalm 34:5

No matter what my circumstances may be, if I will turn away from the “weight” of that which is negative and produces discouragement, and look to the Lord with thanksgiving - to that which is positive and creative, I will be “lightened,” or lifted into the realm of the Spirit where peace and joy will flow into my being.

Our being “lightened” has to do with our being able to recognize and respond to His presence. We are living in the time when the glory of the Lord is being released to those who will climb the mountain of separation with Him.

“For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?” II Samuel 22:32

“He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defence; I shall not be moved.” Psalm 62:6

When Jesus asked His disciples who He was, Simon responded and said that He was the Messiah.

“And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but My Father which is in heaven. And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:17-18

“Peter” means “a small stone.” Jesus is saying that He is the Rock, and that He only does those things that He hears from His Father. Now, Peter has become a small stone; that is, he is now of the same substance as Jesus, as he has heard from the Father (by revelation, not by observation) that Jesus is the Messiah.

Then Jesus gave the “keys of the Kingdom” to Peter.

“And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19

These “keys” are the ability to hear from the Father, and then move in obedience to what has been heard.

“You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” I Peter 2:5

Our being a “lively stone” speaks of our becoming as a radioactive stone. That is, we transmit (broadcast) the very life of God (His Glory) to all who come close to us. We need to better understand and appropriate this ability to impart.

“Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” Isaiah 60:1

Charles Finney both revealed and reflected the glory of the Lord during his life. Wherever he went, people began to repent. He left a trail of visitation because he transmitted, as being a “lively stone,” the Glory of God, which resulted in repentance wherever he went.

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” II Corinthians 3:18

This “glass” is a mirror. Thus, when we see the glory, in the reflection of it, we see ourselves and will be brought to repentance. A true visitation from the Lord will humble us greatly.

Isaiah truly repented when he came into the presence of the Glory of the Lord.

“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

“Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.” Isaiah 6:1-7

Some have said, “We need to repent so we can have His Glory restored to us.” Rather, we need the “Glory” so we can truly repent.

There is an urgent need today for those, who as Charles Finney, have stood in the presence of the Glory of the Lord, and are bringing the Body of Christ into true repentance.

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” II Corinthians 4:6-7