"All nations whom thou has made
shall come and worship before thee, O Lord;
and shall glorify thy name." - Psalm 86:9

I still tease him about it.

He was driving down the road when I guess he suddenly felt like singing to the Lord.  He began singing the praise chorus, "Glorify Thy Name."

Know the one?

"Father, I love You, I worship and adore You.  Glorify thy name in all the earth.  Glorify thy name.  Glorify thy name. Glorify thy name in all the earth."

Beautiful song about our awesome God receiving the glory that is due His holy name.

Only this guy messed up the words. 

He was singing along and the words came out all wrong, "Father, I love you, I worship and adore you.  Glorify MY name in all the earth."

Instead of singing, "Glorify THY name in all the earth," he accidentally sang, "Glorify MY name in all the earth."  A HUGE difference in the message!

And, although I tease him about it, we both know it was an innocent slip.

But, it DOES remind us that our lives are to be about bringing glory to the Father and not ourselves. 

You see, many times people want to have the spotlight shining on themselves.  They want the attention and the credit and the praise, instead of pointing to the ONLY One who is worthy of these things.  They want the accolades for their successes and victories and accomplishments, instead of giving glory to the One who provided all of those things.

Many times God puts us on the stage of life.  There is an audience watching the performance that we put on.  God allows us to have successes and high points for all to see what HE can do through us.  Apart from Him we are nothing.  He alone deserves the praise for the things we excel at, for the prosperity we experience, for the milestones we reach, for the achievements we attain.

After all, He is the One who gave us our talents and abilities.  He sharpened and honed our skills.  He put us in positions of opportunity.  Everything we have came from Him.

And so, Christian, what about today?  Will you try to focus everyone's attention on yourself or your Savior?  Will you brag about your successes and accomplishments or give glory to God for allowing them to happen?

What kind of song will your life sing today, "Glorify MY name in all the earth..."

...or, "Glorify THY name in all the earth"?

To God be the glory!

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!