God’s Glory

“The heavens declare the Glory of God; the skies proclaim the works of His hands“ -Psalm 19:1

What is glory?

The dictionary defines it as praise and honor. We see glory in sports as people scream and cheer for their favorite team or player. We see glory for celebrities, as the camera flashes their picture and people scream and want their autograph.

But the Glory of God is different. David points out in Psalm 19 that there are two areas where God reveals Himself. “The heavens declare the glory of God.” it’s probably hard for us to even comprehend, that the universe was God’s creation. It testifies and displays the Glory of God. This Glory of God is the visible manifestation of His attributes and His character. Think about everything you see; the sun, stars, the ocean, and a spectacular eagle – all display God’s Glory. Nothing is hidden from it. Nothing can hide from God’s Glory.

There’s a song that comes to mind about the Glory of God. “I saw God today,” by George Strait. “I’ve been to church, I’ve read the book. I know He’s here. But I don’t look, near as often as I should. Yeah I know I should. What we choose to ignore on a daily basis is God’s Glory.

The Jewish people have a word for God’s radiance it’s “Shekinah.” Shekinah means to dwell or reside with. The Glory of God resides with humanity so that we can experience it.

God’s original design was for us to live in a glorious world with a Glorious God. But because sin entered the world through Adam and Eve, we have the desire to live for ourselves and our own glory. We want things our way and to take credit for what only God can produce. We want others to glorify us, we want to try to do things our own way and we fail time and again.

Our only hope is for the God of glory to invade our lives and rescue us. That was why God sent His only Son Jesus to earth, to give us a second chance. To have someone completely sin-free to die for our sins and make is white as snow. Our response should be to praise and thank Him and give Him Glory.

“From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens” – Psalm 113:3-4.

Many people are trying to be their own God. We can see the way the world and see it isn’t working. There’s a quote by Albert Einstein that says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” It looks to me that the world as we know it is pretty insane right now,

We need to open up our eyes and make conscious decisions to praise Jesus for dying for us. Because He is so faithful and so good to us. Ignoring Him and choosing to do things our way is insanity.