He Has Caught Our Attention
In his new book, The Orphan Heart, Larry Burden gives an interesting definition of “glory” from the Greek 
word “doxa”: “the appearance, form or aspect of a person which catches our attention and commands our recognition”. The Person, Jesus, has “caught our attention” and “commands our recognition”. He has truly caught our attention and commanded our recognition when we begin to emulate Him. Jesus told His disciples, “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit…” (Jn.15:8). So, we are to follow in the same pattern as THE SON and live in such a manner and to such a degree of fulfillment that the Father, through us, is “catching the attention” of people wherever we go. Jesus told Philip, “…he that hath seen me hath seen the Father…” (Jn.14:9). May it be said of us also.
(This is the tenth excerpt from Marty’s article “Don’t Stop Short” which was published in SEEC Magazine. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
“And Now, Here Is His Son”
Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias, was invited back to the country of his family’s origin to speak at a conference. The people there did not know Ravi. When it came time for Ravi to speak, the conference host spoke about Ravi’s father for ten minutes. At the end of that time the only thing the host said of Ravi was, “And now here is his son, Ravi, to speak to us.” In that culture, they are accustomed to the son being of the nature of his father so that what you got in the father, you get in the son. Though the host did not know Ravi, he knew Ravi’s father and therefore did not hesitate to turn the podium to him. Jesus said, “Anyone who has seen me, has seen the Father.” (Jn.14:9)
(This is the sixth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine * Marty will be speaking at the SEEC Kingdom Conference * Mar.5-7. Conference details are at https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/ * You can hear a short audio file of Kathy Gabler on “Escaping Victim Syndrome”:
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-18T21_51_13-08_00
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