Our world has been built like an amphitheater, where it seems we all feel the need to perform to be liked and celebrated. It is often said that most people are hankering after their fifteen minutes of fame just to show the world who they are and what they can do.
This attitude is not unique to one culture; it is a part of the human condition. John the Baptist was aware of this when he said, “I must decrease and He must increase,” speaking of his singular commitment to be only a forerunner for the coming of Jesus Christ.
Paul wants us to know that when God’s power works in and through us—when our faith is stretched so we are able to ask for the impossible and when our thinking takes us further than we can even begin to imagine—we need to do it for God’s glory and not our own. It is simply because of Him that we are able to be, as Paul said, “In Him we live and move and have our being.”
May God’s glory be revealed as we pray and engage with our heavenly Father.
“On Christ’s glory I would fix my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.” John Owen (Puritan Theologian)
‘Now all glory to God’ Take a moment to think of what glory is and imagine trying to explain God’s glory to a six year old. Let your explanation become a part of your picture of God’s glory and apply that to your own outlook.