I felt pretty crummy after last night's post. I don't think I explained the idea very well, but it's a start. The biggest awakening came when I realized that Satan didn't just want to be the one to redeem, but that he wanted God's glory. And he said, "Here am I, send me... wherefore give me thine honor." I don't just want the honor from whatever comes from this world being built, experienced, and lived. Let me have it all. In essence, "I can do it better than you. Let me show you. Here AM I. My way is better. And no one will be lost. We have lost some before, and it's grueling, so let's not do that again, shall we?"
When I think on this further, I think of energy flow.
Let's look at two words. Selfish, and selfless.
Narcissism is selfish. Everything is about the self, and all the attention, glory, praise, adoration, and energy goes to the one who is the narcissist.
Love is selfless. It is said throughout scripture that God IS love. Does one just feel love? How is love best manifest? I believe it is felt, for me, most powerfully, when it extends beyond my person. It is positive energy flowing outwards. Inevitably it is love flowing towards people, places, and things. It often feels like gratitude and joy.
To set the two side by side, at the discussion in heaven, we see an interesting juxtaposition. God the Father, being ALL LOVE, the Great I AM, facing a Son of the Morning, obviously having understood something to make it to the highness of his position. Do you find it interesting when he says, "Here am I?" Isn't God the Great I AM? This Son of the Morning faces Him and says, "Let me do it. My way. And let me be the recipient of all the glory." All the love will go his way. Let me greed it in.
Am I misunderstanding? Does Satan have some ulterior motive, with which he intended to share this love? The fact that he has a sense of greed for glory indicates to me that he somehow flipped from learning whatever principles allowed for godhood and priesthood, to a state of believing that incoming love and incoming glory were worth more than outgoing love and outgoing glory. I don't even fully understand this, but I think there is something to this.
Am I content to live a life of love, and let go of the need for increased glory-seeking, brought about by my own works? Or brought about by my pride and making myself higher or better or richer than another? Can I be simply content and completely edified to experience daily joy and love with my children? What would it take to grow into godhood, being like This Father, rather than the Deceiver? How would I guarantee an ever-increasing amount of Love, outwards? How does one do this and continue to be filled?
Gratefully, The Father gave us The Son as the perfect example, to get a good idea how to start. He is The Source of Truth and Light.
When I think on this further, I think of energy flow.
Let's look at two words. Selfish, and selfless.
Narcissism is selfish. Everything is about the self, and all the attention, glory, praise, adoration, and energy goes to the one who is the narcissist.
Love is selfless. It is said throughout scripture that God IS love. Does one just feel love? How is love best manifest? I believe it is felt, for me, most powerfully, when it extends beyond my person. It is positive energy flowing outwards. Inevitably it is love flowing towards people, places, and things. It often feels like gratitude and joy.
To set the two side by side, at the discussion in heaven, we see an interesting juxtaposition. God the Father, being ALL LOVE, the Great I AM, facing a Son of the Morning, obviously having understood something to make it to the highness of his position. Do you find it interesting when he says, "Here am I?" Isn't God the Great I AM? This Son of the Morning faces Him and says, "Let me do it. My way. And let me be the recipient of all the glory." All the love will go his way. Let me greed it in.
Am I misunderstanding? Does Satan have some ulterior motive, with which he intended to share this love? The fact that he has a sense of greed for glory indicates to me that he somehow flipped from learning whatever principles allowed for godhood and priesthood, to a state of believing that incoming love and incoming glory were worth more than outgoing love and outgoing glory. I don't even fully understand this, but I think there is something to this.
Am I content to live a life of love, and let go of the need for increased glory-seeking, brought about by my own works? Or brought about by my pride and making myself higher or better or richer than another? Can I be simply content and completely edified to experience daily joy and love with my children? What would it take to grow into godhood, being like This Father, rather than the Deceiver? How would I guarantee an ever-increasing amount of Love, outwards? How does one do this and continue to be filled?
Gratefully, The Father gave us The Son as the perfect example, to get a good idea how to start. He is The Source of Truth and Light.
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