Living for God's Glory: The Crossroads Every Christian Must Face
The Crossroads Between God’s Glory and Your Own
To live for the glory and honor of God will be an imperfect endeavor.
There will be better days of focused, intentional, manner of living and speaking that exalt Christ’s change and work in your life.
Then there will be days in which you blow it.
You may blow it big time.
On those days congratulate yourself, you’ve discover your deeper need for Jesus.
On those days the cross gets bigger and Jesus becomes more wonderful. Because if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins (1 John 1:8,9).
Martin Luther said: “If you see yourself as a little sinner, you will inevitable see Jesus as a little savior”
When we take account of our greater need of Jesus, there is a work in our heart by the Spirit, that begins to advance a tradeoff.
We begin to value eternal initiatives and the kingdom message of salvation over this world criteria of living, productivity and success.
We search our life’s purpose and see that there is more to this life than here and now.
We begin to see that life is about God and not about us.
As this advance in our hearts continue, we realize that bringing glory to God through our actions, words, thoughts, and beliefs should honor God‘s name and show His greatness and worth.
At that moment this trade off become a crossroads. We become aware that we can’t pursue this God glorifying lifestyle and still live for ourselves, its desire, or “the American Dream”
We can only live for one glory.
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15 says: “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
To live for Jesus’s sake is to embrace the biblical command, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31.
Christ did not die to save us so that we can build our own glory. We are to be motivated by a deeper sense of purpose and worship.
One of love, gratitude and joy.
One that does not see the trade off as a sacrifice that makes you miserable. But one that brings true joy in which we are created to experience, reflect, resemble and represent.
The Bible calls it shining your light.
Jesus taught us: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 11:14,15)
For reflection and response:
We as people created in the image of God, created to live for something bigger than ourselves, take a honest look at what is shaping your life.
What receives your best attention, deepest affection, and strongest ambition?
Bring these to Jesus. They may need His reordering and redirection in your life.
Repent accordingly.
