What You Love : The Glory We Seek - Mark 8:27-35

We think of glory from a human perspective. We want to have glory and power and control in our lives and in the eyes of others. We want to be lifted up, talked up, and looked up to. We want earthly glory. The problem is, earthly glory is not the same as heavenly glory, and we are seeking that which is not life. We don't want to suffer or be 'weak' or experience difficulty for the sake of the Gospel. The glory that Jesus was thinking of, was not a glory that was pleasing in the eyes of the disciples. It wasn't a glory that was attractive in an earthy sense. Rather it was brutal, ugly, and ended in his death on the cross. Yet through the ugliness of the cross, we see our salvation that Jesus has won for us! We often want to live glorious lives, but the true glory comes in the cross of Jesus, and in quietly, faithfully, bearing our crosses while trusting in Jesus and his promises of future glory with him at his return. True glory for us comes in the cross of Jesus, denying our own desires and wishes, and rejoicing in the truth that Jesus has saved us through his own death and resurrection.