Wednesday, September 14
Who Gets the Glory?
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1
In our self-help culture, there is confusion about the difference between helping oneself and being helped by God. “What does it matter?” some would ask. “Getting the job done is what’s important.” It matters because of the thin line that separates
pride from
praise. And there is only one answer: As creatures, it is only right that the Creator deserves praise in all things.
When the psalmist declared himself to have light, salvation, strength, and courage (Psalm 27:1), he didn’t say he created them on his own. He said it was “the Lord” who gave him light and salvation; the Lord was his strength. Therefore, he had courage in the face of fear. When the three Hebrew young men were faced with a fiery furnace for not worshiping the king of Babylon, they didn’t say they were fearless because of their own power. They would have been reduced to ash in a second in such flames. They said God could deliver them. When God did, it resulted in praise from the king himself (Daniel 3:28).
If you are seeking deliverance, don’t try to do it on your own. Ask God to glorify Himself through your situation.
The end of our election is that we might show forth the glory of God in every way.
John Calvin
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