Glory Seekers

Oh yes, professing followers of Jesus seek glory: the glory of God to Himself!! If we merely seek our own glory, think and speak, sing and live out our own thoughts we do not bring that to Him nor inspire others to glorify Father/Son/Spirit.

At one point Jesus questioned those coming to accuse Him, "How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?" (John 5.44) Personal glory-seeking is a waste when James asks "What have your received that isn't a gift". ALL good coming to us and moving out from God through us is due to the Lord, not we ourselves! We aren't the source of the multiple graces of God- HE IS! Glory to God!!!

Scripture teaches those who genuinely follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior will indeed receive glory -but that's for God to give when we are with Him for eternity: honoring Him.

I suggest to you Jesus continually pointed to, accented and brought glory to the Father seeking to honor the Father in His focus and all the incredible work and miracles Jesus performed. His very death and resurrection is certainly a part of this. He sought to move people to live His example.

The massively insecure/arrogant (one and the same...) at core seek their own glory, honor, praise, the well-wishes of people. Note Jesus tied true faith in God to honoring Him- how is it we think we honor and offer true worship, glorifying God when our true motive is self and our own kingdom and not engaged in the Father's desires, the Almighty King and HIS kingdom? Is such not belief in God but in self-posturing, even posing as deity? What a poor, sorry joke believing we are the perfect, flawless, sinless and always-true God!!

Just what are we seeking and who are we seeking it for? That's a worthwhile question we will benefit from by asking ourselves -and answering... right through our life on this earth.

As always, thanks for stopping by. -Glenn