Glory

"And the glory of the Lord shall cover the Earth as the waters cover the seas."

Roll down a window, open your door, step outside.  Look up.  Look around you.  Look inside your own existence.  Look Inward.  Do you see it?  Or perhaps I should say, "Do you perceive it?"

Glory.
Glory all around.  Enveloping, Penetrating, Saturating, Glory; all around.  The Glory of God.

What is the glory of the Lord?

Looking at the scriptures, it seems to be an ambiguous, all-inclusive, garbage term.  Loosely held, it seems to be a synonym for fame, notoriety, and praise.

But, something has been nagging me about this word for a long time.  I sense that "Glory" is not just some fluff word.  It has weight.  It has mass. It has depth.  It is rich, chewy, delicious and tasty.  It is luminous.  It shines.  Glory.  

What does it mean? (taken from my Mac Dashboard Dictionary)

glory |ˈglôrē|noun ( pl. -ries)1 high renown or honor won by notable achievements : to fight and die for the glory of one's nation.• praise, worship, and thanksgiving offered to God.2 magnificence; great beauty : the train has been restored to all its former glory.• (often glories) a thing that is beautiful or distinctive; a special cause for pride, respect, or delight : the glories of Paris.• the splendor and bliss of heaven : with the saints in glory.3 a luminous ring or halo, esp. as depicted around the head of Jesus Christ or a saint.verb [ intrans. ] ( glory in)take great pride or pleasure in : they were individuals who gloried in their independence.• exult in unpleasantly or boastfully :readers tended to defend their paper or even to glory in its bias.PHRASESglory be! expressing enthusiastic piety. •informal used as an exclamation of surprise or delight. • ( Glory Be) [as n. ] (esp. in Roman Catholic use) the doxology beginning “Glory be to the Father.”go to glory die; be destroyed.in one's glory informal in a state of extreme joy or exaltation.ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Frenchglorie, from Latin gloria."And the high renown, honor, praise, worship, thanksgiving, magnificence, beauty, distinction, respect, delight, splendor, bliss, surprise, delight, destructive power, death, extreme joy, luminosity, exultation, and boast of the Lord shall cover the Earth as the waters cover the sea."Jason Upton wrote:  "Let Your Glory and Honor fall on our face!  Holy Father rest in this place...Let the Fire fall, let the Wind blow, let Your Glory come down..."How is the glory of God perceived in your life with your eyes or the eyes of others?  God shares His Glory with us when we come into relationship with Jesus.  His glory becomes ours.  We contain it in these "jars of clay." Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, who, for the joy (glory) set before Him, left his throne in Heaven and became one of us to redeem us and as Mylon LeFevre once sang, "buy us back as gifts for God."  From the moment we become part of His Body, we share the glory. But what does that mean in the real world?  How does that become tangible in our lives?  What does that look like?  As Moses exclaimed to Yahweh in Exodus 33:19, "Lord, show me Your glory!" we, too, proclaim...Lord, help us and all members of Your Body perceive your glory in our lives, in each other,  and in the world; help us to be vessels of Your Glory in these "jars of clay" to the Honor of Your Name.  How deep does His Glory go within you?  How much does it shine through you?  Do you perceive it even now?  Look for His Glory.  Let it flow....and the glory of the Lord shall cover the Earth as the waters cover the sea.  For some fabulous citations from the WORD about Glory, go to http://www.seekgod.org/bible/gloryofgod.html and allow the Holy Spirit to speak new, chewy, delicious truths about God's glory into your spirit as you meditate upon them.  Glory to You, Lord.