Glory Given

Just before Jesus was betrayed by one of his friends to those who took his life, he bared his heart before his heavenly Father.  He made a powerful statement claim: "I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do." (John 17:4)

This is a claim that I want to be able to say when I face my heavenly Father.  It encompasses what I think, what I say and what I do in my home, to my family, to my friends, to my students and colleagues, to the youth I interact with, in the store, on social media, walking down the road, to my neighbors, to my church family and so on.  This isn't something I can be consistent enough simply on my own to be able to say the I was a "completer."  It has to come out a living relationship with the one I strive to bring glory to.  For, as I grow in knowing him, I will grow to be more like him and, in turn, know what indeed brings him glory.  It really isn't a complicated thing. However, "love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all." (When I Survey The Wondrous Cross)