The Full Moon Glory of God

The concept of "glorifying" God is perfectly seen in the heavens, and it's a better metaphor than what you might think.

Yesterday evening, I stepped briefly outside on our homestead, drawn by the quiet of the night. A chorus of crickets hummed in the distance. Above, the full moon hung radiant, its silver light bathing the world in a soft glow, illuminating fields and treetops with borrowed brilliance. In that moment, the words of Jesus in John 17:1 came to my mind: “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.” Gazing at the moon’s luminous face, I glimpsed a profound truth about glory, reflection, and our calling to reveal Christ’s light to a shadowed world.

The moon possesses no light of its own, no inherent fire to pierce the darkness. Yet, it glorifies the sun by reflecting its radiance, capturing its beams and casting them earthward when the sun is unseen. To glorify, as Christ spoke, is to reveal, to illuminate, to make manifest. The moon does not rival the sun’s splendor; it humbly mirrors its light, offering clarity to those enveloped in night. That spring evening, as the moon’s glow traced the contours of the landscape, it unveiled a divine analogy of glory.

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