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Glorifying
God
What does it mean to glorify God?
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How can I glorify God with
my life?
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God is the Creator of everything and He alone deserves the
glory for all the good things we see and experience. Being glorious is a part
of God's very nature, and when we give Him glory, we are acknowledging that we
recognize His glorious nature. Glorifying God means that we obey His commands, living our lives
according to His principles for life that we can find in the Bible. Christians
should give the world an accurate picture of who God is in righteousness,
faithfulness, and excellence through their words and actions. God is holy,
faithful, merciful, loving, and filled with grace for others, and so should we
be!
Catiana
Nak Kheiyn
"Glorifying" God means giving Him all
the honor and praise for all things and holding Him up to a high place of honor
in your heart.
Why should we glorify God?
Well, He is the Creator of everything — including us! — and
He alone deserves the glory for all the good things we see and experience (Isaiah 42:5, 8).
Being glorious is a part of God's very nature, and when we
give Him glory, we are acknowledging that we recognize His glorious nature (1 Chronicles 16:28-29).
Glorifying and loving God
are basically the same thing.
In John 14:15, Jesus says, "If
you love me, you will obey what I command."
So that leads us to the conclusion that glorifying God means
that we obey His commands, living our lives according to His principles for
life that we can find in the Bible (Isaiah 43:7; Psalm 19:7).
That then leads us to what
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:31, which is "whether
you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
The next couple verses go on to talk about how we should live
our lives in a way that always puts others before ourselves.
Jesus was certainly selfless, and His life is a great example
for us.
Glorifying God = action.
Anything done by a person who professes to be a Christian
should give the world an accurate picture of who God is in righteousness,
faithfulness, and excellence.
Just saying you glorify God means nothing;
you must actually do it!
1 Chronicles 16:29 talks about how we
should "bring an offering" to God.
What kind of offering?
How about this kind: your LIFE.
Glorifying God with our lives means that we correctly
represent Christ with our words and actions (Psalm 103:17-18; John 13:35).
How do I know if I'm
glorifying God?
Let's apply 1 Corinthians 10:31 to whatever it is
you're doing — whether it's taking exams, watching movies, participating in an
online community, or whatever.
You are a living representation of Christ because you claim
to be a Christian, therefore, in all things you do, do them as Christ would do
them.
For example, when you're in school, you glorify God by doing
your best on exams, by respecting your teachers and classmates, by doing your
best to be an excellent student.
When you're watching a movie, you don't allow amoral or
violent behavior to influence or shake your own convictions.
When you're a part of an online community, you treat others
with kindness and encourage them rather than be a troll.
God is holy, faithful, merciful, loving, and filled with
grace for others.
Glorifying God means that we live out those same attributes
in our own lives — or least try our hardest to do so.
It's not always going to be easy, and yes, we’re going to
mess up sometimes. But it's OK.
As long as we get back up and keep fighting our sinful
nature, trading it for God's glorious nature instead, we will be glorifying
God.
TL; DR
Glorifying God means that we obey His
commands, living our lives according to His principles for life that we can
find in the Bible (Isaiah 43:7; Psalm 19:7).
Christians should give the world an
accurate picture of who God is in righteousness, faithfulness, and excellence
through their words and actions (1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 103:17-18; John 13:35).
God is holy, faithful, merciful, loving, and filled with grace for others, and so should we be!
By: Catiana Nak
Kheiyn
Cat is the web
producer and editor of 412teens.org. She loves audiobooks, feeding the people
she cares about, and using Christmas lights to illuminate a room. When Catiana
is not writing, cooking, or drawing, she enjoys spending time with her two
kids, four socially-awkward cats, and her amazing friend-amily.
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