joh 11v40 See The Glory Of God
"SEE THE GLORY OF GOD"
John 11:40
Every believer's great desire
is to see the glory of God. Almost every time we pray, whether in the public
assembly of God's church or in private, we repeat the prayer of Moses: "I
beseech thee, show me thy glory" (Ex. 33:18). We do not always use his
words, but the prayer is the same - "Lord, show us your glory." Is
this your desire? It is mine. Why is it then that we seem to see the glory of
God so little? Our Lord tells us very plainly. Jesus said, "Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of
God?" This was a gentle, but firm reproof. If Martha had simply believed
she would have seen the glory of God in her brother's sickness and death, as
well as in his resurrection. What a reproof this is to us today! If we did but
believe God, as he ought to be believed, if we implicitly trusted him in all
things, as we say we do, we would see his glory in all things. FAITH SEES
THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE GOSPEL (Rom.
Yet, the primary force of our
Lord's reproof is this: IF WE DID BUT BELIEVE WE WOULD SEE THE GLORY OF GOD
WORKING IN OUR MIDST (Mk. 6:5-6). "Unbelief is so vile and venomous an
evil that it transfuses a kind of dead palsy into the hands of
omnipotency" (John Trapp). Christ can do all things by his absolute power.
But he can do nothing for unbelievers. He cannot, because he will not. May God
give us faith to believe, that we may see the glory of God working in our
midst!