God Has More Glory Than Your Beliefs

I highly recommend listening to The Gospel and Your Self, a talk by Tim Keller.

I've listened to it a couple of times and have found it really helpful and insightful.

An idea Keller explores (as he goes through the calling of Isaiah), is that of turning God a concept, into God the reality. He says that the word 'glory' literally means 'weight', and that when something encounters something of more 'weight' than itself, it 'quakes'.

'God as a concept is lighter than you. When you bring God as a concept into your life, you shape it. It fits in around your existing patterns.. it doesn't 'quake' you. If you believe in God, and it just hasn't changed you very much, it's just a concept. A God concept can't really change your beliefs around, it just fits in with your existing beliefs.

..God as a reality is heavier than you. When the real God comes into your life, when you get into the presence of the real God, things give way in your life, to His glory. Things that you've always believed, and that you believe very, very deeply are changed by His word, because God has more glory than your beliefs.'