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Date: Aug 30, 2004

This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                         My Glory

Child, I want to reveal Myself to you for who I really am. But you are
not yet able to receive this, because My unveiled glory would be too
overwhelming for you.  I am a loving Father and I do not show you the 
fullness of My glory because I know it would destroy you, and I will 
not destroy My Own dear children.

I have given you some hints of My glory in My word.  I have recorded 
how I told Moses that no man can see My face and live, because of the 
magnitude of My glory and the brightness of My radiance.  Even when I 
veil My glory, it is still overwhelming for My Own. Have you not read 
how the children of Israel were terrified when I spoke to them from on 
top of a mountain.  I had veiled My glory with a cloud of thick smoke, 
that I would not destroy My people, yet they were still terrified of 
Me.  Have you not read how even My greatest servants were terrified of 
My angels, who reflect only a small portion of My glory?  Daniel was 
terrified and his strength left him and he fell on his face as if dead 
when My angel Gabriel appeared before him.  Yet Gabriel's glory is but 
a dim reflection of My Own glory.  Even Daniel could not have withstood 
My unveiled glory; none of My servants can while they yet live and walk 
this earth.

Child, you cry out to Me over and over again for Me to show you My glory. 
You do not understand what it is you ask, for you would be destroyed if 
I answered that prayer. No living person can stand to see My glory.  Not 
even the holiest men who ever lived could stand before the terror of My 
presence or the radiance of My glory.  It is impossible for sinful human 
flesh to survive in the radiance of My presence or the holiness of My 
glory.

Yet you cry out to Me for Me to show you My glory.

Here is what I will do for you, child of Mine. I will show you hints of
My glory and I will reveal portions of Who I am to you.  The closer you
draw to Me, the more I will show you of Myself.  And the more you seek 
Me and wait before Me, the more of Myself I will reveal to you.  For as 
you rest in My presence, you are transformed before Me. And as you are 
transformed, then you are able to see more of My glory and to experience 
more of My presence.

But you must understand that as you draw near to me, your sin and your
darkness will be exposed.  For when you enter into the brightness of 
My light, dark things will be seen clearly, they cannot remain hidden. 
And as I cause these things to be exposed in your life, you must be 
willing to deal with them before Me. You must not try to hide them and 
pretend they are not there.  Rather you must throw yourself on My mercy 
and allow Me to cleanse you of them.  At times this will be a difficult 
or a painful process, but you cannot enter into greater realms of My 
glory if you are not willing to go through this process with Me. For I 
am holy and I command you to be made holy as well through the transforming 
work of My Holy Spirit who lives inside of you.  

You cannot enter into My presence and not have your sins and your 
shortcomings exposed. You cannot remain in My presence if you are not 
willing to allow Me to cleanse you from these things.  Remember how it 
was for My servant Isaiah at his commissioning?  When he came into My 
presence, he became aware of his own sin.  The intensity of My presence 
will do that to you, for I am holy and sin cannot stand before Me. 
Isaiah was helpless to cleanse himself, so I cleansed him by sending an 
angel to touch his lips with a burning coal from My altar. Do you think 
that was painless? I say to you that it was not.  For it will hurt as 
the sin of your nature is seared out of you before My very presence.  
But you must submit to that if you would be cleansed and if you desire 
to remain before Me.

You do have a choice. You can allow Me to do My cleansing and transforming
work within you as you come before Me. Or you can run from Me. But you
cannot come nor remain in My presence if you are not willing for Me to
change and cleanse you.  You cannot behold My glory and still look 
eagerly to sin. Darkness cannot exist in the midst of intensely bright 
light, for light dispels darkness.  

What do you desire, child? Do you truly desire to come into My presence, 
to begin to behold glimpses of My glory and of My nature?  If you desire 
this, this is a good thing.  But it also has a cost, for you may not come 
to Me in this manner and remain unchanged.