Psalm
115:1 “ Not unto us, O Lord,
not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of
Your truth.”
I read that one of the great words of the Bible is the word “glory,” and
it should be evident that glory belongs to God, not man. The 1828 Webster’s
dictionary defines the word “Glory” as; Praise ascribed in
adoration; honor.” Indeed, the
very “heavens declare the glory of God”
- Psalm 19:1.
Not only do the heavens declare His glory, but “the glory of the Lord shall endure forever” – Psalm 104:31. In Heaven the mighty hosts of angels “give unto the LORD the glory due unto His
name” Psalm 29:2. It
is thus singularly inappropriate for God’s servants on Earth to seek glory for
themselves.
Jeremiah
9:23-24 Thus says the Lord:
“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory
in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him
who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord,
exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in
these I delight,” says the Lord.
The article pointed out that this
Old Testament exhortation is echoed in the New.
1
Corinthians 1:27-31 “But God has chosen
the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen
the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and
the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen,
and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that
no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus,
who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and
redemption— that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in
the Lord.”
As our opening bible verse reminds
us, God manifests His glory to us today in both mercy and truth, mercifully
saving us in Christ, who is Himself God’s truth. Thus, in Christ “mercy and truth are met together, and we
shall “praise thy name for thy loving-kindness
and for thy truth”.
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