Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
—Matthew 5:16

Reflection

Beloved, the same God who answered Elijah on Mount Carmel is alive and well today. He will prove Himself when we call on Him. He will show a world that is turning its back on Him and His ways that the Lord, He is God.

So just ask Him to do it. Ask Him to cause you to live as a light in this world so that even your enemies will be forced to admit to themselves that the glory of God is on your life. Our God is God, and if you ask Him, He will prove Himself to you.

The Holy Spirit is our portion, and we can live in victory in this world, displaying God’s glory and supremacy to all those around us, even to those who do not like us and reject us. By God’s Spirit, we can walk in a higher realm of supernatural glory than we have ever walked in before, proving to the world that the Lord is God, just as Elijah did.

But we must make room for the fact that with the Lord a day is like a thousand years to us, and sometimes things are not made right immediately. Sometimes God’s glory will not fall upon injustice and idolatry until the end of the age. But we should still pray for God’s glory to fall, for Him to destroy evil, and for Him to be exalted in and through our lives so people will recognize His goodness, glory, and power in us.

Keep praying even when injustice remains and mountains that need to be moved have not moved yet. God wants to prove Himself to you, whether your external reality is brought fully into balance right now or not. Because of God’s eternal perspective, we cannot guarantee when it will happen. But we should believe and contend for the victory of Yeshua in and through our lives.

Jesus walked in this type of power. When the soldiers arrived to arrest Him, Yeshua said, ‘I am’ and they fell to the ground. They still arrested Him, but the glory of God was undeniable.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, but that does not mean we lose our victory in the process. If our victory is dependent on circumstances, we will never have victory. Stephen was stoned to death, yet those around him said he looked like an angel. He saw Jesus and experienced God’s glory in the process.

Stephen’s circumstances did not determine whether he had victory. He had victory because he knew Yeshua, and Yeshua proved Himself to Stephen even in the midst of the chaos. As you earnestly seek God’s face first in your life, He will do the same for you.

Application

• Keep praying for God’s glory to fall, even when injustice remains and the mountain has not moved.
• Refuse to measure victory by circumstances. Believe and contend for Yeshua’s victory in and through your life.

Prayer

Father, cause me to live as a light so that Your goodness, glory, and power are seen through my life. Let me walk in an ever-increasing way in the resurrection power and glory of God. Keep me praying when injustice remains and when the mountains before me have not yet moved. Yeshua, prove Yourself to me even in the midst of chaos, and let my victory be rooted in knowing You rather than in my circumstances. May Your glory be undeniable in my life, whether others recognize it or not. Amen.