March 27
The Greatness of Glory
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name; for I have called him for my glory; I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:6,7 (KJV)
It has taken time, but this has become my passion: the glory of God. This, by the way, was the thing that drove such great men as Jonathon Edwards and so many others. And while I am no Jonathon Edwards (okay, not even close), I am a child of God designed by my Creator to find happiness in Him as I bring Him glory.
This has been my pursuit for awhile now, but I fear it may have confused some.
I think back to my Air Force career. As an officer working on a high-level staff, I remember full colonels shaking their heads and general officers somewhat disappointed in me because I did not embrace an all-out effort for higher rank. Not that pursuing the politics of promotion wasn’t appealing. Personally, I would have loved the prestige and the honor, but I had no sense this was of God. When I took it to Him, His message to my heart seemed to be, This is not for My glory. And so it became an easy decision. In contrast, the decision to go to Saudi Arabia on remote assignment instead of retiring was doubly easy. Not only was the Air Force pushing … but God was pulling as well! It was an amazing thing to experience.
While developing and embracing a passion for God’s glory can help us in our decisions, it grants immeasurable help to our outlook on life and in the process offers us His peace and joy—regardless of how trying our circumstances. In essence, it become the ultimate pursuit of happiness.
John Piper’s words from his book, Don’t Waste Your Life, ring true:
God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. … The wasted life is the life without passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all people.
This is what I believe. This is how I will live. For the glory of God….
Father God, glorify Yourself in and through me. Amen.
The Greatness of Glory
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name; for I have called him for my glory; I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:6,7 (KJV)
It has taken time, but this has become my passion: the glory of God. This, by the way, was the thing that drove such great men as Jonathon Edwards and so many others. And while I am no Jonathon Edwards (okay, not even close), I am a child of God designed by my Creator to find happiness in Him as I bring Him glory.
This has been my pursuit for awhile now, but I fear it may have confused some.
I think back to my Air Force career. As an officer working on a high-level staff, I remember full colonels shaking their heads and general officers somewhat disappointed in me because I did not embrace an all-out effort for higher rank. Not that pursuing the politics of promotion wasn’t appealing. Personally, I would have loved the prestige and the honor, but I had no sense this was of God. When I took it to Him, His message to my heart seemed to be, This is not for My glory. And so it became an easy decision. In contrast, the decision to go to Saudi Arabia on remote assignment instead of retiring was doubly easy. Not only was the Air Force pushing … but God was pulling as well! It was an amazing thing to experience.
While developing and embracing a passion for God’s glory can help us in our decisions, it grants immeasurable help to our outlook on life and in the process offers us His peace and joy—regardless of how trying our circumstances. In essence, it become the ultimate pursuit of happiness.
John Piper’s words from his book, Don’t Waste Your Life, ring true:
God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. … The wasted life is the life without passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all people.
This is what I believe. This is how I will live. For the glory of God….
Father God, glorify Yourself in and through me. Amen.
posted by Craig Soderquist at 7:40 AM
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