and the Power, and the
Glory. Forever!
Amen."
More than doxology, more than praise, this is a declaration
of an existing reality. In the light of Resurrection Sunday, our prayers have
been answered. We do not yet see complete fulfillment, but the Evil One has
been defeated and we have been delivered. Temptation has blinked. We have the
Bread of Life and forgiveness has become a fact. His will is done on earth and
His Kingdom has come.
And so, we celebrate! We sing and shout it from the highest
heights to all who will listen. We sing it with the angels. We sing it with all
of the creation. The Kingdom belongs to God, our Father - the One in the
Heavens! It is His both by right and by victory. Never was the outcome
seriously in question - the Kingdom is His. He rules and reigns in majesty. Our
song springs from thankful hearts. We know that, because the Kingdom is His,
all is well and all manner of things will be well. He is that kind of King. A
king all of whose subjects fare well. And what is more, that king has chosen us
as His own! We are adopted into His royal family. We share in the Kingdom which
is His. We live, now, in the kingdom which is His. We willingly submit all our
kingdoms to Him. It is all His.
The exercise of His power and His authority is such as to
bring to pass His purposes in the cosmos. The great mystery of God's economy
cracks open for just a glimpse at this point and we see that all powers, all
authorities, derive from Him. There is no ultimate power except His.
The full, sparkling, shimmering, blinding glory is His as
well. There is constant revealing of who He is in Glory. Glory becomes the
currency of revelation - it is that which we may see. And when we see, we
discover that it is all His. Every glory there is, top to bottom, every essence
of being there is, is His! It is all held together in Him! His is the Kingdom,
Power and Glory!!
And that is just the way we want it!
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