MADE FOR HIS GLORY

Isaiah 43: 7 

Bring all who claim me as their God, 

for I have made them for my glory.

 It was I who created them.

V.13 From eternity to eternity I am God. 

No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. 

No one can undo what I have done.

God has made you and me for His glory! What an amazing thought! If you’ve ever asked yourself why you’re here on planet earth, what your purpose is in life, then here is the answer! God tells us Himself, He made us for His glory. What a privilege and honour, and the lovely thing about our God is His heart to bless us in the process of doing it. We have His favour surrounding us like a shield because of it.

Our culture will tell us we’re here to make our own way, to please ourselves, to ‘do it my way’. But God tells us He’s given us the huge honour of making us for Himself, to serve and honour Him in all areas of our lives. In the old days if you were given a job in the king’s palace you’d arrived! You were being allowed to serve the King Himself! Similarly God has chosen us, called us, anointed us to be part of all His plans and His amazing Kingdom, to remind others that He is the One who brings all the goodness into our lives, who has forgiven us, and we want to give Him glory for it.

John the Baptist, who Jesus said was the greatest prophet who ever lived, thought just to be allowed the privilege of doing Jesus’ laces up would be something beyond his standing in life!

And yet here we are, we’ve been honoured and called to serve the King of Kings, the actual One who created us, the unchanging One who holds us safely in His hand from eternity to eternity which is a long time! To serve the One who bled and died for us, who rescued us from an eternity in Hell, who knows the worst about us and yet still loves us so very deeply. Amazing that we have been chosen to be the ones who He wants to bring Him glory. It just seems such a privilege.

Let’s do it today and bring Him all the honour and glory by the way we live, the way we love and serve Him, and others, as we remember it’s all because of Jesus. Praise His glorious name. Amen.