If You Believe, You Will See the Glory of God

The glory of God in your life is like a coin: it has two sides.

We often look at the side of blessings, fulfillment, testimony, and victory.

But there is another side that we tend to overlook: the process, the delays, the battles, and the trials.

In the case of Lazarus, Jesus knew what was going to happen. Yet when He arrived at the tomb, Lazarus had already been dead for four days.

“If you believe, you will see the glory of God.”

John 11:40

The manifestation of God's glory therefore takes place in a situation that, humanly speaking, seems to have gone too far already, with sometimes no hope even left.

Joseph: The Promise Before the Process

In Genesis 37:5-11, Joseph receives dreams that reveal something about his destiny.

In a sense, he sees the glory before the process.

But between the dream and its fulfillment, Joseph would experience : the hatred of his brothers, the pit, being sold into slavery, Egypt, injustice, prison, waiting.

What Joseph had seen in his dreams had not shown him the entire road he would have to travel.

And this is often how God works.

We may receive a promise without knowing beforehand the process through which God will lead us toward its manifestation.

We Love the Glory, But Not Always the Process

When we think about the glory of God in our lives, we naturally imagine: victory, restoration, fulfillment, testimonies, blessings.

But we think less spontaneously about: waiting, closed doors, battles, sacrifice, difficult seasons.

Yet throughout many biblical accounts, God's manifestation comes after — or in the midst of — a season we would gladly have avoided.

This does not mean that God takes pleasure in making us suffer, nor that trials are the “price” we pay to purchase His glory.

It simply means that the promise and its manifestation are not always separated by an easy path.

So, Don't Despise the Process

God can do great things in your life.

He can restore, open a door, fulfill a promise, transform a situation, and manifest His glory in ways you could never have imagined.

But don't be surprised if, between the promise and its manifestation, there is a chapter called : TRIALS.

What you are going through today may not be the end of your story.

The chapter of the process is not necessarily the chapter of the glory.

Keep believing.

“If you believe, you will see the glory of God.”

— John 11:40

Don’t give up. 

God is still holding you.

You are not alone.

Sonia Beguide