Glorifying God
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV.
To give God the glory can be a hard thing to do. While most people think of praising God in the storm, few remember to praise him when everything is okay. When I face hard times, I look towards God to answer; however, in my times of rest, I focus on myself instead of God. Yet, when we go through hard times or easy times, we should always give God the glory, even when we don’t feel like it.
Although it is easier to remember to praise in the storm, it does not make it easier to do. This year many people faced difficult challenges with quarantine. I was not an exception. A few weeks before lockdown, I had an injury that left me unable to dance. During this time, I had no way to pent out my emotions or my extra energy. For four months, while stuck at my house without dance, I discovered a valuable lesson.
How do we glorify God?
In the final weeks of summer, I was able to return to dance. Soon after that, I had reached my dance goal that summer, and everything was calm. During this time, I learned another lesson:
The Importance of Glorifying God
I soon realized that this was a love issue. Like so many other people, I knew I needed God, but during this time of rest, I found how much more I could love God. The issue wasn’t if I loved God. The issue was how much more I could love God. Even if I do not want to praise God in my rest, I know I need to. As I write this article, I ask that God would teach me the true meaning of his love and help me grow in it. Because with love, glorifying God is more sincere.
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NIV.
Some people may be wondering why I am making such a big deal out of glorifying God? Or why this post has been about myself or others more than God? Here’s the answer: God is perfect and worthy of being glorified, and humanity has a broken sin-filled heart.
We have a heart that only Jesus can fix. When people accept Jesus into their hearts, their lives are changed. They are new. These people walk out of the darkness and their enslavement to sin into the light. But after accepting Jesus as the king in your heart, remember this: our hearts, minds, and souls are free. But our minds have been conditioned to choose sin.
Even if I want to praise and worship God, my sin-bent nature tells me not to. While I need to glorify God, the enemy tries to convince me otherwise. Why is it so hard to glorify God during the good and the bad? As Christians, we grow from not only needing God but loving him.
Bible Verses About Glorifying God
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Romans 7:15 NIV.
Praise and glorify God on stormy days and good days!
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