I've been thinking about how we take glory for ourselves when God deserves it.
It really is absurd.
God by His grace, saves us through Jesus Christ and His death. We are spirital rebels, dead in our sin, enemies of God. But He saves us. Empowers us by His spirit to say "no" to sin, and defeats it's power and guilt in our lives. Then He gives us gifts, and leads us how to use them. He is the one who works in us to build and convict our hearts, to teach us truth and wisdom.
It's all His work, sure He chooses to use us in His sovereignty, but His absence from any part of the process would result in certain failure.
Then at the end of the day, we feel proud and seek our own glory. What foolish wickedness. God I repent of this terrible sin and ask that you will show me your Glory, and teach me to not seek mine...
song:
In my life LORD, be glorified... be glorified X2
In my life LORD, be glorified today
2 comments:
Peter gives us a good example in Acts 3 - not taking any of the glory for himself but pointed to Jesus and Jesus alone as the Author of Life who healed the crippled-from-birth-man.
May we follow in Peter's footsteps.
Yeah. I think it is a great litmus test of humility... How quickly and genuinely we find ourselves instantly reflecting praise offered to us... straight to Him.
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