
Let the Glory In
What Posture Do You Have Towards God’s Glory?
Reflect on the three postures of the shepherds modelled in this painting by Thomas Cole
Read Luke 2:8-18 (The Story of the angels announcing God’s glory come to earth to the shepherds)
Your glory has come
Lives in me – calling for space
To spill out into very simple places
Often unseen and even unknown
Help me to rest in this glory that is You in me
Christ the hope of glory
Your glory is full of mystery
Uncontainable and yet You allow it to be contained
In human frailty – first Yours and then ours
Humanity holding the divine
How can it be?
Oh, let me sit in its beauty and be healed
Your glory is to be welcomed
Awakened in the dawn of newness
Full of mercy and truth
Be exalted in me O God
Especially in the places that I close off
Doubting Your glory could change things
Your glory will come again
An advent yet to come
The final end, the glorious new beginning
Such hope enlarges the heart
We lean in and listen for the Spirit’s whispers
God’s glory will one day be above all the earth
Psalm 57:8-11
