Getting the glory

November 1, 2007

Isn't it interesting that you can see verses that you have read lots of times but just one time they jump out at you?

John 5:44 CEV
(44) How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!


Where do you get your glory? So many of us are still like we were in grade school. Tonight when I got home from work, she was in tears because she had lots of problems with her classmates not liking her. She wants her friends to like her and has not fully realized that not everyone will like her. Are most of us any different from her when it comes to wanting to be noticed, especially us men who want to be noticed because we do some simple household chore, or get some skills with some sort of ball.

Jesus clearly tells us we are not to desire the praise of men. God's praise of us is what is important. Men will praise you, that is not the problem. Desiring that praise is what is the problem. Do not desire that praise, desire God's praise and live your life in such a way as to achieve it.