The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive

The glory of God is Man fully alive. What in the world does this sentence mean? Well, to start, we would have to understand what the glory of God is.

Someone living in the moment to the highest extent and he can't be more sure that the action he is partaking in is the right one at that moment in time; that is the glory of God. Someone choosing the right thing even though they could have easily taken the easier path away from God; that is the glory of God. Someone having fun purely without things that abuse his or her body; that is the glory of God. Some one who makes other people's lives better by having a positive attitude; that is the glory of God. Being awesome just because you can is the glory of God. It is an idea, one that cannot be fully signified but requires a person's complete honesty with themselves. I guess the most basic way to summarize it is if you are living the way Jesus would at that moment, you are living in the glory of God.

Now that we sort of kind of understand what it is like to live in the glory of God, we can try to understand what "man fully alive" means. The glory of God could be a metaphor for man fully alive. Or maybe man fully alive is exactly what it says: man the least dead possible. However if you look at the former part of the sentence, man fully alive probably means the same thing as the glory of God. So, when we say that the glory of God is man fully alive, we say live the way Jesus would or you aren't living the best way that you possibly can. God sent Jesus, his only Son, not only to redeem us for our sins and give us a place in heaven, but also to give us an example to live by and for, so that we would always know what to do and what not to do. Jesus' example should carry on throughout our lives and we should always live like him. However, we do fall short sometimes by sinning, which is not man fully alive. Sin is the opposite of the glory of God, and therefore the opposite of man fully alive. So in short, if you don't sin you are being man fully alive.


So often the comfort zone is the thing that we stay in. We refuse to be creative or have too much confidence, because that would use effort. However, in the glory of God is man fully alive, we are called to go outside of the comfort zone in order to live rather than just survive. More fun and success comes from the outside of the circle than just surviving and mediocrity. So try to go outside of the comfort zone and be who you are called to be.