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Very often\u00a0at our Koinonias we enter the depth of understanding who we are in Christ. It\u00a0is really important to want to see your true purpose and to accept it directly\u00a0from the Father. The Lord is opening up our real aim; He is telling us what\u00a0thoughts He has about us; and He is showing us the plans Jesus has for our\u00a0lives. Proverbs 25:2 says, \u201cIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the\u00a0glory of kings is to search out a matter.\u201d Our aim is the heart of the Father,\u00a0His glory, as well as its manifestation on the earth. We touch His glory, and\u00a0the Lord partially opens up our purpose for us. He trusts us with the mystery,\u00a0and we correspondingly search and get deeper into this mystery. <\/span><\/p>\n There are\u00a0services when people say, \u201cGlory has come.\u201d For me, it means that the Lord\u00a0Himself has come, and everything is being focused on Him, on His personality.\u00a0At such a time, He is speaking into our hearts out of His heart (and it is\u00a0different from the power time when different miracles, healings, and signs take\u00a0place). At this time, we can understand more about \u201cwho we are\u201d or we \u201creveal\u00a0the mystery\u201d about the work the Lord assigns to everyone. For me, to experience\u00a0the glory means to know Him\u2014literally not to boast in anything besides what you \u201cI\u00a0glorified You<\/span> on the earth, having accomplished the\u00a0work which You have given Me to do. Now, Father, glorify Me\u00a0<\/span>together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world\u00a0was\u201d (John 17:4\u20135). <\/span><\/p>\n When the\u00a0Father glorifies, it literally means that He confirms that you are worthy of\u00a0your inheritance. The crown is not being given from the Father to the son so\u00a0easily or without efforts because, as a result of the Fall<\/span>,\u00a0people lost who they were; they lost their sonship. This means that every one of\u00a0us should walk a particular path to find who we are, to open it and to walk\u00a0in it\u2014and as a result, to be glorified by the Father. I like the quote from\u00a0Rick Joyner: \u201cWhen you have a clear vision of your aim and the determination to\u00a0focus on reaching this aim, you probably will see everything you will need to\u00a0go through on this way to reach the aim.\u201d We see this in the life of Christ; He\u00a0knew from the beginning who He was and what He was supposed to come\u00a0through\u2014even when the Pharisees, disciples, and His earthly parents didn\u2019t\u00a0realize it till the end or didn\u2019t see it at all (Mark 6:3; Luke 2:50; 8:19;\u00a018:34; John 7:47). We all can feel some events taking place, sometimes even\u00a0really unpleasant ones, and no matter how hard we try and want or don\u2019t want\u00a0[these experiences], inside we know that it all will take place, and moreover,\u00a0it is supposed to happen like that. \u201cWas it not necessary for the Christ to\u00a0suffer these things and to enter into His glory?\u201d (Luke 24:26). The Lord\u00a0suffered for us. In the Garden of Gethsemane He underwent a great pressure, and\u00a0still He chose to fulfill the will of the Father. We have the same choice: \u201cAnd\u00a0if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed\u00a0we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him\u201d (Rom. 8:17). We\u00a0are not carrying the cross of Jesus, as no one besides Him could walk His way.\u00a0When we suffer with Him, it literally means that, following His example, we\u00a0want to go till the end and look inside of ourselves, look with His eyes,\u00a0crucify any yoke that hinders us, overcome any fear, and become a true Son, an\u00a0heir of the glory. <\/span><\/p>\n I want to\u00a0note that there also \u201csufferings\u201d that people create for themselves, and it has\u00a0nothing to do with the Scriptures quoted above. Because of the fleshly\u00a0condition of pride and offensiveness, some people think that the whole world is\u00a0against them, and as soon as someone \u201coutside of their world\u201d makes some remark\u00a0or challenges or reproves them, a rough and dramatic reaction takes place.\u00a0People with such a mindset think that they are being persecuted for Christ, but\u00a0actually this uncircumcised mindset comes as a result of a lack of koinonia,\u00a0fellowship inside of the Body, where there is no deadlock in the isolation of\u00a0your thoughts, but everything is being brought up in the light. There is grief\u00a0and suffering that could be avoided, and they happen by chance \u201cif necessary.\u201d\u00a0When the Lord disciplines, you can humble yourself and surrender into His\u00a0hands, or you can continue being stubborn, which in my opinion can launch the\u00a0\u201cif necessary\u201d thing. \u201cIn this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a\u00a0little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials\u201d (1 Pet.1:6). <\/span><\/p>\n And there\u00a0are sufferings for Christ. This is the time when a man gives his life for\u00a0Jesus, and in the name of faith gives his life for others. It is the highest\u00a0honor and foundation of it\u2014the deepest love and revelation of the glory. I\u00a0think that the most important thing in sufferings is what follows after\u00a0them\u2014and it is Resurrection and Life. For we all go not to the end, but to the\u00a0Beginning, to Life; we go to the home of the Father. <\/span>And a lot of Sons\u00a0go to the Father.<\/p>\n Lydia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n
\nknow from the Father. Glory is a special condition and a kind of \u201cstatus\u201d that\u00a0you reveal by your obedience; following God reveals and fulfills the trusted\u00a0work to you, and the Father is returning to you what has been yours from the\u00a0beginning of everything and what was lost through the Fall. We have a great\u00a0inheritance that belongs only to the Sons\u2014those who know their Father and walk\u00a0in His love. The Father is glorifying His true Sons, visiting them, and\u00a0manifesting for them and through them His presence and His works. Jesus is the\u00a0major example of this way:<\/span><\/p>\n