For glory is the Lord's.
We sing it, we pray it but our (my) lives (life) often does not reflect it. But from Psalms 24, There's the statement is clear...
We are so quick to talk about the things we have achieved, learnt, overcome, designed, taught, gathered, won, lost, found, given, etc that eventhough it comes from a right place of sharing our experiences and even being vulnerable or humble, it often creates a false sense of significance of our value.
I might not make sense but the more we speak about ourselves in any capacity (which includes our experiences with God), the less important is our focus on the glory and majesty of God.
The declaration of the God's majesty has got nothing to do with who or what we are. To proclaim is the open and unashamed proclamation of the grandeur and strength of the God we serve. He's the one she should praise. In our growing understanding of him, we should become both physically and mentally less significant. Realising that our sole purpose is to portray the image of God THROUGH our lives NOT IN our lives.
I feel that last point is quite important. Because God does not need us but we need Him. The moment we subscribe to the notion that "I need God in my life" we often fail to realise that it's not about pouring water INto a glass, hence insinuating the importance of the glass but rather the quenching of thirst by the water THROUGH the glass the cementing unequivocal need of water to sustain life irrespective of means used to achieve it.
Took me while to think about that. LOL! But reading that again, gives me sobering realisation that I am nothing and God is everything. My purpose in life is not to pursue a sense of contentment with God in me but rather a pursuit of any opportunity to open doors/conversations/discussions to discuss the word of God and in an effort to produce praise and worship from our hearts.
Amen.
We sing it, we pray it but our (my) lives (life) often does not reflect it. But from Psalms 24, There's the statement is clear...
We are so quick to talk about the things we have achieved, learnt, overcome, designed, taught, gathered, won, lost, found, given, etc that eventhough it comes from a right place of sharing our experiences and even being vulnerable or humble, it often creates a false sense of significance of our value.
I might not make sense but the more we speak about ourselves in any capacity (which includes our experiences with God), the less important is our focus on the glory and majesty of God.
The declaration of the God's majesty has got nothing to do with who or what we are. To proclaim is the open and unashamed proclamation of the grandeur and strength of the God we serve. He's the one she should praise. In our growing understanding of him, we should become both physically and mentally less significant. Realising that our sole purpose is to portray the image of God THROUGH our lives NOT IN our lives.
I feel that last point is quite important. Because God does not need us but we need Him. The moment we subscribe to the notion that "I need God in my life" we often fail to realise that it's not about pouring water INto a glass, hence insinuating the importance of the glass but rather the quenching of thirst by the water THROUGH the glass the cementing unequivocal need of water to sustain life irrespective of means used to achieve it.
Took me while to think about that. LOL! But reading that again, gives me sobering realisation that I am nothing and God is everything. My purpose in life is not to pursue a sense of contentment with God in me but rather a pursuit of any opportunity to open doors/conversations/discussions to discuss the word of God and in an effort to produce praise and worship from our hearts.
Amen.
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