Isaiah 65 and Glory

v. 1-2- "I revealed myself to those who did not ask me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said ''Here am I, here am I.' All day long I have help open my hands to obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations."

I can just see the desire of our God to have a relationship with each one of us pouring out of this passage! Even when we did not ask for Him to reveal Himself to us, He did! Even though there are nations that have not heard a whisper of His Great Name, He made Himself known. He wants each one of His children to know Him, just as earthly parents long to have that a relationship with their children!

I read in C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory last week about what glory really means. It seems to be selfish or concieted to desire glory, but Lewis explains it like this, "I suddenly remembered that no one can enter heaven except as a child; and nothing is so obvious in a child- not in a conceited child, but in a good child- as its great and undisguised peasure in being praised." He goes on to talk about I Corinthians 8:3, where Paul "promises to those who love God not, as we should expect, that they will know Him, but that they will be known by Him." He knows each one of us inside and out, and that ultimately is what we desire! He is our perfect God and Savior, yes, but He is also just as much our loving Father who notices us and finds joy in each one of us!

This quote by Lewis just blew me away: "The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that any of us who really chooses, shall actually survive that examination, shall find approval, shall please God. To please God... to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness... to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist delights in his work or a father in a son- it seems impossible, a weight or burden of glory which our thoughts can hardly sustain. But it is so."