Pastor Steve used the diagram from above to explain glory.
We need to start with giving glory to God, then we will be able to be good to others, then we can have joy.
If we start with giving glory to ourselves, we lose our life. Don't move to push past issues that cause you pain first. That's not why we are lost. We lost God and need to get Him back. To recover what was lost, go back to the core: God.
If you pursue your own joy, you will not find it. Pursue the glory of God, then you will find joy. Other things will lead you away from God. Jesus needs to be your greatest pursuit and joy. You must see Him as glorious and beautiful. Do not pursue lesser joys.
Matthew 13 gives a great example of how we should pursue God. The passage talks about doing everything for God. Take the time to do things whole heartedly to give Him glory.
Pastor Steve also compared a microscope and a telescope to illustrate glory.
- Microscope: Take something small and make it look big (things like worldly items and possessions). This perspective often has us look at something insignificant, but it makes us focus too much on it. It blows up the issue when it is really not an issue.
- Telescope: Take something big and look closely at the awesomeness of it (like you would look at a star or planet). This perspective has us looking at how amazing things are, and magnify something, in a way we should magnify the Lord.
Alpha and OmegaYou will pursue what is most beautiful. If He is not magnified, you will not follow him. You'll just be concerned with microscope work.
You need to take ownership of your life and actions. You must learn to love God.
It's time to magnify the Lord.
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
His love endures forever
sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
His love endures forever
For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own,
His love endures forever
Israel to be his treasured possession.
His love endures forever
I know that the Lord is great,
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
The Lord does whatever pleases him,
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
in the heavens and on the earth,
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
in the seas and all their depths.
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
he sends lightning with the rain
His love endures forever
His love endures forever
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
His love endures forever
Other passages used:
1 I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together. ~Psalm 34 (NIV)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”[b]
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”[c]
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen. ~Romans 11 (NIV)
8 “I am the Lord; that is my name!
I will not yield my glory to another
or my praise to idols.
9 See, the former things have taken place,
and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
I announce them to you.” ~Isaiah42 (NIV)
16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. ~Colossians 1 (NIV)
1 Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness. ~Psalm115 (NIV)
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