Glorious
God is bigger than the air I breathe
The world we’ll leave
God will save the day and all will say
My glorious!
–Martin Smith & Stuart Garrard
My small group Bible study is using Max Lucado’s “It’s Not About Me.” It’s a refreshing and challenging book for me. The chapter we discussed tonight focused on God’s glory. Basically, it said that God’s #1 purpose is to reveal His own glory. Lucado writes that everything that God has done or created has been for His own glory. He said that if there were God staff meetings there would only be one agenda item: “How do I reveal my glory today?”
This was a challenging concept for me, because at first it made it sound like God was sort of pompous or selfish. I am more comfortable with the whole “God is love” thing. That’s easier for me. But the idea that God’s creation exists solely to glorify him was puzzling.
But Lucado develops a “life boat” metaphor. If we were drowning, and someone had a life boat we could cling to… wouldn’t we want that person to shout as loud as possible over the storm and the waves? “Hey! This way! I can save you! Follow my voice!” Once he made that point, the concept became clearer. God wants us to notice Him because He wants us to know Him. He wants us to come toward Him and develop a relationship with Him. In short, He advertises in order to hook us.
That life boat idea reminded me of the worship song that I quoted above. God will save the day, and all will say ‘my glorious.’ Once He rescues us, we have no choice but to recognize Him for His glory.
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In Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, the central character dies an early death. Emily is given the chance to revisit a day of her life and is advised by those in the afterlife to pick an ordinary day, warning her that she might be overcome otherwise. Still, Emily is overwhelmed with emotion as she recognizes how wonderful the everyday details of her existence were. Her daily routine takes on new significance now that it is gone. Through her tears, she asks:
Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it– every, every minute?
With this blog, I am trying to fully “realize” my life by documenting the things that I love. I want to appreciate and examine my past and present, as well as plan actively for the future.
I hope to accentuate the positive in my life and in the world around me, with the hope that by focusing on the positive, I will draw more positive elements into my life. Or, at least, realize all of the blessings that I do have.
Bob, the author of this blog, is a 33 year old husband, father, son, teacher, Christian, and liberal.
wow. i think i will definately get that book. i like Max Lucado, and have his “Come Thirsty” book. I just don’t have the same beliefs as him in some respects. But, he does draw awesome word pictures.
i saw that book that time itself but did not have the opportunity to go through it but it is my luck that i got to know about it and now i plan to surely buy it.
Interesting concept. I also think it’s a challenging one. THANKS for sharing the “life boat” metaphor! ;-D
Btw, I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the soooonnnngggg! ;-D I listen to it using my Yahoo Messenger Music Launch Cast Plug In! ;-D
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