Wednesday, September 3, 2008

What is the glory of God? The original meaning of glory has to do with weightiness. The glory of God summarizes the seriousness, the perfection, and the infinite significance of all of the attributes of God. It sums up who He is, in the awesome brightness and weightiness of all His perfections. What does it mean then for us to glorify God? We cannot add to His glory, for He is already perfectly and infinitely glorious. Rather, for us to glorify God means for us to ascribe the glory that is due His Name in worship. It means that we acknowledge His glory by living as though His perfections are as serious and significant as they really are, so that we reflect His glory through a pure mirror. It means that nothing horrifies us more than the thought of bringing dishonor to His glorious Name, and nothing delights us more than to feel His pleasure as we live to the praise of His glory. It also means that we declare His glory among the nations, inviting others to join us in our love affair with His glorious perfection. Glorifying God thus consumes and defines every aspect of our life and witness as well as our worship.

The Glory of God. I am speechless.
So many times we get caught up in the 'feelings' that we get in worship. We sometimes forget about who we are supposed to be glorifying. I just keep thinking about the line above where it says, "We cannot add to His glory."
He is all glorious. He is perfected in Glory. We cannot add to it. We cannot even wrap our mind around the Glory of God.
It just makes me wonder about these aspects of God we don't normally think about. There is so much to God, we cannot even imagine. I just want to seek out the deep things of God. If you read my past post, God wants us to be fascinated by who He is. I just want to live every day in awe of His Glory.

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