His Weight..

"...the whole earth is full of his glory." Isaiah 6:3 (NIV)

This relates to my last post, but is a little different. Just recently I have had a new insight into how amazing Isaiah 6:3 really is. The Hebrew word for glory here means weight, significance, or heaviness. Now you have to realize that the Hebrew language is one of "concrete thought" or language based on the senses, touch, taste, smell etc. and of functionality. So when the Hebrew people would make a word, it was based on the senses or what they use it for. So if they define the glory of God as the weight or heaviness of God, it is based on the idea of the feeling of God's weight. To feel something, or to have weight, is to exist; so one could also say that the Jews had the idea of the feeling of God's existence filled the earth. Now I don’t know about you, but that is somewhat mind blowing. To think about the weight of God, the feeling of his existence, forever surrounding you wherever you go is very humbling. David even says in Psalms:

"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there." Psalms 139:7-8 (NIV)

The Jews had such an amazing grasp of the presence of God, how he is EVERYWHERE; even into the depths, or as the King James version says, even in hell God is there. The earth, even this universe, is Gods' and everything in it belongs to him. He exists and is present everywhere, at any time.

And knowing God is everywhere - that his weight fills the earth - can change how you view everyday and especially your quiet times with God. First, do you live your life in every moment with the truth that God's weight, existence, glory is surrounding you? It can almost put a deeper level of fear and reverence in your heart. Secondly, have you ever heard some pray or tell you that "God showed up!”? This statement is one that is said when the knowledge of Gods glory isn’t in mind. We don’t have to go anywhere and pray God shows up, we should be praying that instead WE show up. That our hearts are ready to receive what he has, that we are made aware; that OUR EYES BE OPENED TO SEE THE GLORY OF GOD. Today make ready your hearts to see the glory of God wherever you find yourself. I pray that today you experience the weight, the significance, of our Creator.