“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.
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