The praise of His glory is our purpose

“Give unto the Lord the glory due His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Psalm 29:2

Three times in Ephesians chapter one we are told that we have been saved for the praise of His glory. Our very existence is to be consumed with the praise of His glory. The aim and objective of our lives, our stated purpose in being is to be to the praise of His glory. How great is His glory? It extends to the farthest reaches of earth and heaven according the writer of Psalm 148. His glory is to be declared by every created thing, animate and inanimate. That is a lot of glory.

To declare that glory we are to worship in the beauty of holiness. That isn’t the design of our churches or the Sunday clothes we wear. It isn’t the exultant strains of our finest choirs or loftiest music. The beauty of His holiness is Jesus Christ. We are to glorify the Father through the Son. He has given us robes of righteousness for the filthy and contaminated clothes of our sins. He has given us a new song that sings of His salvation. He has given us hope and peace in this life and eternal resurrection in heaven after death. Our lives, Sunday and every day, should be a single song of praise due to our rebirth in Jesus Christ which is the beauty of holiness and for the glory of God.

Dear Father, Thank You for giving us new life and clean robes of righteousness through Your Son. Help us each day to remember that in Him we are to live to the praise of Your glory. Amen. 

The Friday Benediction

Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen

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