Glory

“This is why men and women around the world risk their lives to know more about Him. This is why we must avoid cheap caricatures of Christianity that fail to exalt the revelation of God in his Word. This is why you and I can not settle for anything less than a God-centered, Christ-exalting, self-denying gospel.”

 - Radical by David Platt

“This” is His GLORY, His GLORY that is made manifest when JUSTICE is lived out in the lives of His people (Isaiah 58).

Not equality of status and goods.

Not charity that flows in one direction.

Not a check once a month to sooth our consciences.

But, JUSTICE.

We don't wrestle with these things because they feel good. We don't clean out dresser drawers or pile up food for our hungry neighbors because our human nature tells us to. We don't carve out time in our busy lives because we have it to spare.

We do it because our entire purpose in being is to “glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”

We do it because He comes in His glory when His justice is made manifest through human lives.

When was the last time you saw His glory? When was the last time you lived out His justice?