My wife shared a point from her devotional reading.
"You praise until the spirit of worship comes,
you worship until the glory comes,
then you stand in the glory." - Ruth Ward Heflin
- Praise
- Worship
- Glory
- Stand
What it means to me.
Praise is the obedient action that we use to enter worship, our part, an invocation.
God responds by filling our praise with the spirit of worship, His part, to connect with us and receive the praise.
When this happens, the glory comes, that is the presence, or glory of God.
Then we stand in that glory, the presence of God. Soaking up all that he has for us that day, or that week.
Like a spiritual battery charger. Perhaps we need to view ourselves as rechargeable batteries in the spiritual sense.
Coming back to the fire to rekindle afresh the glory and presence of God in our lives. And live in the outflow.
John 7:38 NIV
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
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