7&8 GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YE KINDREDS OF THE PEOPLE, GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH. GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE UNTO HIS NAME: BRING AN OFFERING, AND COME INTO HIS COURTS.
Yes, don't you want to SHOUT in from the moutaintops, Sherry? Shout..."GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord GLORY and STRENGTH! Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts." Three times it is said, 'GIVE UNTO THE LORD.' God created you for His glory, so bring YOURSELVES as an offering to him. Give yourselves to the Lord who made you! Fulfill the purpose for which you were made! God IS full of glory and strength already, but He wants you to MAGNIFY His glory and strength by putting your full TRUST in Him!"
Share these illustrations by Piper which will help others to see what it means to GLORIFY God's beauty and strength...
1) "If there's a beautiful flower arrangement...how do you glorify that arrangement? Do you glorify it by saying, "I (need) to go get some more daises and work on it a little more. It needs a little more greenery and a little more orange..!" That's an insult to the flower arrangement. The way you glorify a flower arrangement is by ENJOYING it, by DELIGHTING in it, and by SPEAKING EXCITEDLY of it to the people who are near you!...If you love the flower arrangement, you will delight yourself in it, and that glorifies it! (modified illustration)
2)Suppose someone makes an excellent meal for you, and it is not only tasty, it is also beautiful on the table, and its' nutritious. It's the kind of thing you ought to eat as well as like to east. How do you glorify the cook? Do you glorify the cook by putting on an apron and saying..."We got to work on this!.." You go out in the kitchen and add some more spices,and you say "Oh, we don't have any chips!"...No, the way to glorify the cook is to eat a lot of the
food, and when you are done to say things like "m-mm" (and "ah!"..(We call that WORSHIP...!")
3) Suppose it's your duty to glorify the strength of a new alloy, a metal that has been created by somebody, and it is in a bridge that holds a road across a chasm...How do you glorify the strength of the alloy? Do you glorify the strength of that alloy by buying some two by fours and working up a sweat propping up the bridge before you go over. No, that's a dishonor to the alloy. The way you glorify that alloy is by gathering all your family...and with not one whiff of anxiety, drive right across the bridge, singing as you go."
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