When Jesus prayed in the garden before His crucifixion, He prayed that the Father would glorify Him with the same glory that He had with Him before the world was formed. This glory would come through His death, burial and resurrection, which would exalt Jesus and reveal Him as Savior and Lord and King. When He rose from the dead, He did two physical things so that we could see His glory. He rolled the stone away and He left His garment laying to the side. With these removed, nothing hid His glory from plain view. His glory wasn't hid behind the stone and it was covered by the linen clothes.
We should pray daily that others would see Jesus in us. But is He hidden from view in our lives? Is there a "stone" blocking their view so that can't see Him? Is there a stone of hypocrisy? Unforgiveness? Immorality, lying, cheating, compromise? Is He hidden by our "clothes"-- our own flesh? Selfishness, self-centeredness, pride, arrogance, etc.?
When the disciples saw Jesus after the resurrection, they glorified Him. We want Him to be glorified in our lives. Therefore, we must by His help and grace, remove the "stone" and "clothes" that shroud Him from view. We must lay aside everything that would cover Him so that He is not seen. We must remove everything that hides His glory from being openly revealed in our lives. Is there anything that is hiding His glory from view in your life?
Have a great day. For others to see Jesus in our lives, everything that hides Him from view must be removed out of the way.
For further reading:
John 17:1-5
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