Psalm 115:1

December 17, 2015

Psalm 115:1... Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness...

Many good things happen in our lives. Blessing stacked upon blessing. Sometimes we cannot see these because of some terrible thing that may have happened. This clouds our vision and we cannot see past it. But, no one thing is greater than all that we have.

We accomplish great things as well. We study and learn much. Life and school has taught us about many things and we have excelled and done well in most of them. Some of us have become great at what we do and have been rewarded financially and in status. We are great people.

Who is to get the credit for all we have and accomplished? We can receive accolades from our peers and take home awards and put them on the shelf, or piano. The good grades we get for being diligent for working hard so we can do well and excel, who gets the honor of the greatness?

Daughters, I was always confused about the meaning of glory, as in giving God the glory, Until one day in Sunday school class it clicked... To give God the glory is to give him the credit for what is, was, or is to come. It is the best definition of glory I have learned. If we are to take the credit for our hard work and successes, then God doesn't receive the glory, we do. "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be the glory,"... He is to receive the credit for all we have, all we do, and all we can conceive. "To Him be the glory, forever and ever, Amen!"

~Dad