Glorifying God With All That I Have
"To him be glory both now and forever."
2 Peter 3:18
Heaven
will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine
unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and
forever, "to him be glory." Is he not a "Priest forever after the order
of Melchizedek?" "To him be glory." Is he not king forever?--King of
kings and Lord of lords, the everlasting Father? "To him be glory
forever." Never shall his praises cease. That which was bought with
blood deserves to last while immortality endures. The glory of the cross
must never be eclipsed; the lustre of the grave and of the resurrection
must never be dimmed. O Jesus! thou shalt be praised forever. Long as
immortal spirits live--long as the Father's throne endures--forever,
forever, unto thee shall be glory.
Believer, you are anticipating the
time when you shall join the saints above in ascribing all glory to
Jesus; but are you glorifying him now? The apostle's words are, "To him
be glory both now and forever." Will you not this day make it your
prayer? "Lord, help me to glorify thee; I am poor; help me to glorify
thee by contentment; I am sick; help me to give thee honour by patience;
I have talents; help me to extol thee by spending them for thee; I have
time; Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee; I have a heart
to feel; Lord, let that heart feel no love but thine, and glow with no
flame but affection for thee; I have a head to think; Lord, help me to
think of thee and for thee; thou hast put me in this world for
something; Lord, show me what that is, and help me to work out my
life-purpose: I cannot do much; but as the widow put in her two mites,
which were all her living, so, Lord, I cast my time and eternity too
into thy treasury; I am all thine; take me, and enable me to glorify
thee now, in all that I say, in all that I do, and with all that I
have."
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