A glitch is “a malfunction or irregularity” typically within an app or game.

Someone mentioned them at lunch, yesterday, reminding me of this.

My kids and I have played many games in which we found unique ways to level our characters faster than the game intended.

Often, it seemed, with very little effort, utilizing a method that was not a ‘practical’ part of the game, we would find methods that made little sense in scheme of things to level up.

A couple times while we played, the kids would say, “I can’t believe the programmer wrote this into the game.” and “I can’t believe they left it here, in a multiplayer game.”

Glitches, right?

Salvation.
Praying.
Reading the Word.
Tithing.
Praising.
Worshipping.
You get the idea?

Not ‘logical’ at all, each would seem a malfunction or irregularity of life, written in by our Programmer, who inserted these ‘glitches’ into a ‘DLC’ (downloadable content) that He has not nor ever will remove.

Salvation can’t be ‘earned.’
Praying is not a physical effort.
Reading THE instruction book? We’d rather try to just figure it out on our own.
Tithing? We earned that money, didn’t we?
Praising and worshipping? Standing, kneeling, bowing, clapping, shouting, and whispering to our Programmer defy ‘logical’ or ‘practical’ methods of developing our character and yet, that is precisely what they do.
In the multiplayer game of life, God has inserted ‘downloadable content’, ‘irregular’ (as if we know what ‘regular’ is) methods we might perceive to be malfunctions, into our lives, that result in our character development.

Thank you, God, for ‘glitches.’

Even today, when they read the law of Moses, there is a covering over their minds. But when a person changes and follows the Lord, that covering is taken away. The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Our faces, then, are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings ever greater glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” – 2 Corinthians 3:15-18

“there is a covering over their minds.”

The covering is life-stained glass.

You ‘see’ life, but you really don’t. You see it dimly, fragmented, pieced together, warped.

You were never meant to make it on your own.

We each were custom designed to follow the Lord in a unique way.

“that covering is taken away.” – See life clearly!

“where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Be free!

“We all show the Lord’s glory.” You have a glow about you!

You are telling others.

“The teaching I gave you is the same teaching I received from the Lord: On the night when the Lord Jesus was handed over to be killed, he took bread and gave thanks for it. Then he broke the bread and said, “This is my body; it is for you. Do this to remember me.” In the same way, after they ate, Jesus took the cup. He said, “This cup is the new agreement that is sealed with the blood of my death. When you drink this, do it to remember me.” Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup you are telling others about the Lord’s death until he comes.” – 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

It is one way you evangelize!

Remember.

He put you on my heart and nudged me to skip all the way to the last verse of Acts 7:

“He fell on his knees and cried in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” After Stephen said this, he died.” – Acts 7:60

It’s just not meant to be. You are not meant to hold on to someone else’s sin.

You look in the mirror and wonder why you feel as though you’re aging faster than you thought you should.

It’s like pouring lava in a Dixie cup.

The poor cup is obliterated and so is your spirit.

From your first breath, you were made to praise the Lord! You were made to contain His Spirit and when you do, you do it so well and you know it.

There’s this amazing confirmation in your spirit and your body and your face seem to catch it and, and, … well, you know now don’t you.

“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”

“Brothers and sisters, think about the things that are good and worthy of praise. Think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected. Do what you learned and received from me, what I told you, and what you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with you.” – Philippians 4:8-9

God is with you.

Allow Him to fill your cup.