Isaiah 46:8-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁸ “Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, you transgressors,
⁹     remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
¹¹ calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

Philippians 2:13 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹³ for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Nothing has changed in this regard. We have changed but that was God’s will, purpose and His good pleasure. God has not changed. We changed. Not so much as we have accomplished anything beyond believing on our Lord Jesus Christ by faith. We now live this life of faith and somehow think that we have accomplished something.

Isaiah 61:6-8 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁶ but you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
    they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
    and in their glory you shall boast.
⁷ Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;
    instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
    they shall have everlasting joy.

⁸ For I the Lord love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrong;
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
    and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Exodus 33:13 (KJV) Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

I use the KJV to emphasize grace as the conduit of manifestation. I left you yesterday with John 14:21 where Jesus proclaims that if we love Him He will manifest Himself to us. We found grace in God’s sight when we accepted Jesus Christ into our heart based on His work at the Cross. Now having received Him into our heart we again find grace in what Jesus sees in us.

“Show me now thy way.” Manifest is a showing, a revelation, insight and knowledge of the gracious life that dwells in us now by faith. It is more than simply keeping commandments. The life of Christ becomes an integrated part of our hearts. He changes us in more intimate ways than any external written word could ever accomplish.

2 Corinthians 3:2 (ESV) You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our (your) hearts, to be known and read by all.

Christ will manifest Himself from where He is in our hearts to be seen by others. It is not that we show Christ, it is that He manifests Himself in ways we cannot accomplish in our flesh. We are not mimics. We are not given grace to try and duplicate what we think Christ would do. We are earthen vessels which contain grace and as such are not responsible for the contents or its outpouring.

Psalm 23:5 English Standard Version (ESV)

You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.