A Greater Glory

On a recent trip out west, I spent an afternoon riding into the Rocky Mountains.  I had seen pictures that were awe inspiring, but what I saw with my own eyes went beyond any photographic resemblances.  I remember standing at an overlook thinking it was like being in church.  It was a thought which spoke of a a moment akin to standing midst the sacred.  To get to the Rocky Mountains required driving through the vast plains and prairies of the west.  At one point I stopped the car, got out, and stood beside the road to simply be a part of the majestic vastness of what was all around me.  It was a trip filled with glimpses of the majesty of mountains and the eternal unending land that stretched from horizon to horizon.  

The truth is I only saw a dot of the whole.  What filled my eyes was just a glimpse of what could be seen.  No matter how much my mind and heart was wrapped up by it, there was still more to know than could be possibly be experienced.  I saw and knew a part of the majesty and glory all around me, but surely only a part.  So it is with our glimpses of what God has prepared for us in the eternal place.  When what is only partially seen is fully seen,  it will be, if I may use human terms to describe the eternal, jaw dropping.  It will be not only be jaw dropping, but it will surely bring us to our knees to worship and praise not the place we call heaven, but the God whose hands have brought it into being.   

Until a few weeks ago, I had only heard folks talk about the majesty of those mountains and plains.  Having seen a part, I can only imagine what glory there must be in seeing the whole.  While I am overwhelmed by the beauty of every revelation of God in the creation around me, there is more, so much more.  One day according to His promise, we shall see the glory of the Christ as we have never seen Him, and not just for a moment, but for an eternity. Wow!