Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Glory is the quest of every believer in Christ, yet it is our possession already in Christ.

The fact is that without Christ, there could be no glory for anyone.  But when one is born again, the hope of glory is made alive.

Praise you, Jesus, for bringing many sons into glory!

Hebrews 2:10  For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Jesus was made complete through His obedience in embracing suffering according to the will of the Father to bring redemption and make salvation a reality for all who would believe.

I read this passage and thought Jesus was already perfect and sinless.  This is true.  But He still had to push through the temptations of the flesh to abandon the ultimate sacrifice and suffering before Him, which was the cross.

Jesus surrendered to suffering in the flesh, which perfected His obedience.  It brought things to their conclusion as His obedience took Him to that final step of the cross.

Jesus prayed something very powerful for all of us.

John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

This is the glory!  Oneness of relationship with God as a whole in unity with Him.  Jesus declared that the glory He had shared with the Father in oneness would be magnified again and then passed on to us who put our faith in Him.

I love how Jesus prayed that the world would know the Father had sent hIm and loves us the same as He loves Jesus!  That’s some glory right there!

You are loved like Jesus is when you are born again in Christ!

John 17:24  “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Jesus is looking forward to the time when all things are complete, and we are forever with Him, witnessing the splendor of the unity of the godhead at the throne!  But please just take a moment and consider that Jesus is declaring He was loved before the foundation of the world.  He has prayed we would be loved as He is loved, and that, my friend, means that you and I, too, were loved before the foundation of the world in Christ!

Is your hope of glory alive and well?  It should be!  In Christ, it is your privilege to possess it.