Glorify?
We sing that we ”glorify” God. We pray that God will help us “glorify” him with our lives. This is a super churchy word that belongs in prayer and worship. but how does it appear in my life?
Imagine a woman who spoke of her husband as the love of her life, and her hero. Imagine your coworker acting so eager to complete an assignment for his boss because he is such a good boss. Imagine being a kid’s teacher when he tells you he will not cheat on a test because his daddy taught him up right. what does that make you think about his father?
If we saw someone at a party go up to the lonely zitty kid in the corner to befriend him, wouldn’t we say, “that was pretty cool.” And wouldn’t we like Christ a little more if we found out he was a Christian.
And what if a friend of yours said she dated this guy who said on their first date that he wouldn’t sleep with her because he believed sex should only come when love and a promise accompanies it? Would it make you think someone is actually listening to a God who he respects?
And what if you asked the happiest person you know why they are so happy. And to respond they drew close and whispered in your ear, “Because I have been given abundant life.”
So, sometimes i think i make god look very uncool by being the stiff at the party that doesn’t drink and talks condescendingly to those that do. and I make god look uncool by blatantly walking away from a crude conversation at school. I make god look very uncool by purposely steering clear of the homosexual at work.
Instead, could i be the most fun and most selfless at a party, because I have been given grace and abundant life. And could i make fun of my chosen abstinence to make people laugh when they share crude humor with me. and would it not be the coolest thing to treat the homosexual with more respect and more friendship and more understanding than even your other work associates. And when he says, “Why are you so nice to me? You know i’m gay, right? Aren’t you a religious guy?” I could make my God look so cool when I say, “Hey man, God is graceful and I just know that he loves you and me both so well.”