{"id":40339,"date":"2026-09-04T02:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/devotion\/glory-glory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:06:26","slug":"glory-glory","status":"publish","type":"devotion","link":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"From Glory to Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul spoke of a ministry that every Christian is called to, one that does not require particular gifts or talents. It is to be undertaken by all who have been born again, both recognized ministers and laypersons. In fact, this ministry is every believer\u2019s first calling, and all other endeavors must flow out of it. No ministry can be pleasing to God unless it is birthed out of this calling.<\/p>\n<p>I am talking about the ministry of beholding the face of Christ. Paul said, \u201cBut we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord\u2026\u201d <em>(2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV)<\/em>. What does it mean to behold the Lord\u2019s glory?<\/p>\n<p>Paul was speaking of devoted, focused worship. It is time that is given to God simply to behold him. The apostle quickly added, \u201cTherefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart\u201d <em>(2 Corinthians 4:1)<\/em>. Paul makes it clear that beholding the face of Christ is a ministry to which we all must devote ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek word for beholding in this verse is a very strong expression. It indicates not just taking a look but \u201cfixing the gaze.\u201d It means deciding, \u201cI won\u2019t move from this position. Before I do anything else, before I try to accomplish a single thing, I must be in God\u2019s presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Christians misinterpret the phrase \u201cbeholding as in a glass.\u201d They think of a mirror with Jesus\u2019s face being reflected back to them. That is not Paul\u2019s meaning here. He is speaking of an intensely focused gaze, as if peering at something earnestly through a glass, trying to see it more clearly. We are to \u201cfix our eyes\u201d this way, determined to see God\u2019s glory in the face of Christ. We are to shut ourselves in the holy of holies with one obsession: to gaze so intently and to commune with such devotion that we are changed.<\/p>\n<p>Paul said the person who is shut in with Christ, beholding him, is being transfigured. What happens as a believer beholds the face of Christ? Paul concluded, \u201cBut we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord\u201d <em>(2 Corinthians 3:18<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius:6px;height:200px;margin-bottom:20px;overflow:hidden;width:100%;\" id=\"player\">\n<iframe style=\"height:200px;width:100%;\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/5f7bb94d-de50-43e1-8462-1405504dea12\/\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believers are to shut ourselves in the holy of holies with one obsession: to commune with such devotion that we are changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40338,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-40339","devotion","type-devotion","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"image":null,"author":"David Wilkerson","captivate_embed":"","date":"2025-10-25"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From Glory to Glory - World Challenge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Glory to Glory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Believers are to shut ourselves in the holy of holies with one obsession: to commune with such devotion that we are changed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Challenge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tempo di lettura stimato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minuti\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/\",\"name\":\"From Glory to Glory - World Challenge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/251025-web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-04T02:06:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/251025-web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/251025-web.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/glory-glory\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Devotions\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/devotion\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"From Glory to Glory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Challenge\",\"description\":\"Christ Centered Care for Orphans and Widows\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\\\/it\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From Glory to Glory - World Challenge","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"From Glory to Glory","og_description":"Believers are to shut ourselves in the holy of holies with one obsession: to commune with such devotion that we are changed.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/","og_site_name":"World Challenge","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Tempo di lettura stimato":"2 minuti"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/","url":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/","name":"From Glory to Glory - World Challenge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/251025-web.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-04T02:06:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"it-IT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/251025-web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/251025-web.jpg","width":1600,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/glory-glory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Devotions","item":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"From Glory to Glory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/","name":"World Challenge","description":"Christ Centered Care for Orphans and Widows","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"it-IT"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/devotion\/40339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/devotion"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/devotion"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}