We are to bear abundant fruit that Glorifies FATHER. That will demonstrate our level of maturity.
There is more than one way to glorify Our Heavenly Father. One is done by speaking forth our gratitude toward HIM. Another is by bearing abundant fruit that exalts HIM. When we help those in need IN HIS NAME, we glorify FATHER. How can I help someone if I don’t have resources available? Did Jesus run out of food for the 5,000+ people or did He not only feed them but have plenty left for the boy who provided the initial bread and fish?
Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:
7 But if you live in life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done.
8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My mature disciples who Glorify My Father!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 9:
23 And doesn’t He also have the right to release the revelation of the wealth of His glory to His vessels of mercy, whom God prepared beforehand to receive His glory?
24 Even for us, whether we are Jews or non-Jews, we are those He has called to experience His glory.
25 Remember the prophecy God gave in Hosea: “To those who were rejected and not My people, I will say to them: ‘You are Mine.’ And to those who were unloved I will say: ‘You are my darling.’ ”
We have been given the revelation of Jesus’ riches in glory in all areas if we are willing to ask, seek, and knock, we will be given our requests including the revelation of His riches.
Paul further wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:
18 I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of His calling—that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that He finds in us, His Holy ones!
19 I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the mighty power
20 that was released when God raised Christ from the dead and exalted Him to the place of highest honor and Supreme authority in the Heavenly realm!
The full release of that power toward us occurred when FATHER raised Jesus from the dead and exalted Him. He is our confirmation of what resides in each of us, His Holy Ones.
Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3:
14 So I kneel humbly in awe before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,
15 the Perfect Father of every father and child in Heaven and on the earth.
16 And I pray that He would unveil within you the unlimited riches of His glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with His Divine might and explosive power.
17 Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of His Love will become the very Source and root of your life.
These Words are to encourage us to actively imagine (hope) thus setting an expectation through faith that what is inside of us is fully released and becoming operational in us. Once operational, His riches will flow in us and through us to benefit mankind. Renewing our minds daily will help facilitate this process.
18 Then you will be empowered to discover what every Holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing Love of Christ in all Its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is His Love! How enduring and inclusive It is! Endless Love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant Love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!
Is there anything excluded from fullness of God? No!
Paul further wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 4:
19 I am convinced that my God will fully satisfy every need you have, for I have seen the abundant riches of glory revealed to me through the Anointed One, Jesus Christ!
20 And God Our Father will receive all the glory and the honor throughout the eternity of eternities! Amen!
Paul saw the abundant riches, so you and I are meant to see them as well. Once we see them, we are to operate in their fullness!