While I was reading the Scriptures this morning, I was struck with the design of God's word. Two psalms (I'm sure there's more) that I came across-111 & 112-are both acrostic psalms. That is to say that each line begins with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Why?...Why would God inspire that?
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
What Does it Mean to Glorify God?
This IS what we were created for according to Isaiah 43:7--"Everyone that is called by name, whom I have created for my glory, I have made him, yes I have formed him" So...if that is what we were created for, how do we glorify him? To this I turn to Jonathan Edwards who waxes so elegantly:
"Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed? An understanding of the perfections of God, merely, cannot be the end of creation; for he had as good [i.e., might as well] not understand it, as see it and not be at all moved with joy at the sight. Neither can the highest end of creation be the declaring God's glory to others; for the declaring God's glory is good for nothing otherwise than to raise joy in ourselves and others at what is declared."
"Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed? An understanding of the perfections of God, merely, cannot be the end of creation; for he had as good [i.e., might as well] not understand it, as see it and not be at all moved with joy at the sight. Neither can the highest end of creation be the declaring God's glory to others; for the declaring God's glory is good for nothing otherwise than to raise joy in ourselves and others at what is declared."
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