BRING GLORY TO GOD AND BE GLORIFIED!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2023.

SUBJECT: BRING GLORY TO GOD AND BE GLORIFIED!

Memory verse: "Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” (Isaiah 43 vs 7.) 

READ: John 17 vs 4 - 5:

17:4: I have glorified You on the earth: I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

17:5: And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

INTIMATION:

Glory is honor bestowed; splendor or magnificence; a distinguishing quality, asset, or attribute. To glorify is to bestow honor or praise (as in worship); to magnify. We are created to bring glory to God. And living for God's glory is the greatest achievement anybody can accomplish with his or her our life. 

God made you to be you, and for a purpose. When the purpose for which He created you is met by you, you give glory to Him. When anything in creation fulfills its purpose, it brings glory to God. Birds bring glory to God by flying, chirping, nesting, and doing other bird-like activities that God intended. Even the lowly ant brings glory to God when it fulfills the purpose it was created for. Likewise you and I, if we do the will of God on earth for us, bring glory to Him.

In the passage we read today, our Master Jesus Christ, demonstrated this ultimate goal in His earth walk. Jesus honored God by fulfilling His purpose on earth. He glorified the Father on earth by teaching the will of the Father and doing the work of the Father. We honor God the same way—by doing His will. God, in His nature of Love and Mercy, in return, glorifies those you glorified Him. Before Jesus came to earth, He was one with God. And when He has almost completed His God-given mission on earth, He reminded God to glorify Him by restoring Him to His original place of honor and authority. Jesus' resurrection and ascension attest to His restoration. 

God will glorify you and I if we accomplish our purpose for which we are created by Him. In Romans 8 vs 29 - 30, the Scripture says, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."

God is a God of purpose. He created you for His purpose. God's working in our lives is to fulfill His preordained purpose, not necessarily to make us happy. God works in "all thing," not just isolated incidents, for our good. This does not mean that all that happens to us is good by our understanding. For instance when you lose your job, or valuable, it is not good. But God may have allowed that for the ultimate benefit of His purpose in your life. Evil is prevalent in our fallen world, but God is able to turn every circumstance around for our long-range good. 

Note that this promise is not for everybody. It can be claimed only by those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Those who are "called" are those the Holy Spirit convinces and enables to receive Christ Jesus. Such people have a new mind-set, a new perspective on life. They trust in God, not life's treasures; they look for their security in heaven, not on earth; they learn to accept, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them, and they know that this world is not their home, they are just passing through.

God's ultimate goal is to glorify such people; to make them like Christ. The Bible in First John 3 vs 2 says, "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." As we become more and more like Christ, we discover our true selves, the persons we were created to be. 

Prayer: Abba Father, endue me with the spirit of obedience and commitment to You, that I may bring glory to You by the things I do here on earth, and thereafter be glorified by You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

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