Isaiah saw the glory of the Lord:
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up,
and His train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings;
with twain He covered his face, and with twain He covered his feet, and with twain He did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isaiah 6:1-4
The glory of the Lord is wonderous. It’s the same glory that made Moses’ face to shine.
The same glory that Moses could not look upon lest he die.
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai
with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand,
when he came down from the mount,
that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone;
and they were afraid to come nigh him.
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him:
and Moses talked with them.
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh:
and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out.
And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone:
and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. Exodus 34:29-35
It’s the same glory that made the people see that Peter and John had been with the Lord.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
We might even have some of God’s glory that remains on us when we have spent some time with God.
If that is true, you might feel unusual rejection or acceptance. Some sort of a reaction from others.
While God’s glory is from the spiritual, it has a natural effect.
This can be true when you spend time with the Lord and in His word, praising or speaking in tongues.
The glory of the Lord is not what everyone experiences. Some people flee from it or try to extinguish it. Paul when he was Saul, before he encountered the Lord. He saw the glory of the Lord and hated it, but then Jesus revealed Himself to Paul and then he repented.
The glory of the Lord can cause submission and awe of the Lord. Those who resist God may have a completely different experience when they encounter God’s glory.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him:
and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:54-60
In the 1980s, there were people who sought God’s glory, not necessarily God. They were called Glory Seekers. They were looking for the experience, the feelings, the miracles, signs and wonders. We must be careful not to seek those, but to seek Christ Jesus who gives the miracles, signs and wonders. The wonder of Christ is knowing Him. If we seek after what He gives, that is a sort of idolatry, even though those miracles, healings and signs and wonders follow Him.
There were a lot of people in Jesus’ day, while He walked on the Earth, that followed Jesus to see what He was going to do. That is remarkably different from following Him and wanting to know Jesus the Messiah. Be careful and check your heart. Ask the Lord God to check your heart and to help you not to get sidetracked from following Christ Jesus the Lord of all things great and small.