When I became serious about my faith walk there was a word that kept occurring in the Scriptures; glory. So? So?, I thought? Glory is glory. That's sorta like saying nice is nice or something to that affect, it seemed. Glory, to me, was a Bible term that did nothing, went nowhere, and seemed rather neutral in....well....in meaning.
But...I've changed my mind.
To give God glory is one of the utmost profoundationalisms ever! To give Him glory is to brag upon Him. It is to credit God with the valiant moves He makes. To give God glory is to give intentional note to His might, His brilliance, His amazing love. It's to talk about Him, to brag upon Him, and to include Him in strong awareness of our ordinary walk.
When things go right, I've learned to attribute them to God rather than a team, or a circumstance, or a person. Even when human names may actually be connected to accomplishment, such recognition is given with the understanding that God is their Source and their Supplier.
Giving God glory has changed my prayer life. Better said, it gave me a prayer life. I once struggled to spend any time in prayer. Yet, learning to give God glory activated my time with Him. Every day, and many times during, I tell Him how much He means to me and how grateful I am for His being God; that I no longer have to fake my righteousness for He gives me His.
To give God glory may not sound like much of a church thing for we tend to be more impressed with things like assignments, destinations, and accomplishments. But to praise Him strongly is precisely how the beginning Church was launched. I'm learning that it is, also, how it keeps going.
Tell God often how you glory in His very existence. This will positively impact your heart, your day, and your faith.
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