| I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. The poor will see and be glad—you who seek God, may your hearts live! |
| —Psalm 69:30-32 |
One of the reasons why we go out into the world as ambassadors of the Great King Jesus is to share with those who do not know Him the glories of our relationship with Him. In so doing, we recognize that we do not deserve this relationship with God. We had no choice in the matter. Rather, before the foundation of the earth, He chose us to belong to Himself. In due season, He sent the Holy Spirit to speak to our needy hearts and draw us irresistibly into His mercy, grace, and unfathomable love.
We can surely talk about the uniqueness of a relationship with God, where our Lover (Jesus) loves us before we even knew about Him, or had a personal relationship with Him. The Apostle Paul, writing in Romans 5:8, explains it this way:
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
So, we have every reason to share joyfully with others what God means to us and what He has done for us. In this way, we give glory to Him and also represent Him well to others. King David expressed it this way in Psalm 69:30-32:
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. The poor will see and be glad—you who seek God, may your hearts live!
When God sends the Holy Spirit to one He already loves, in order to reveal what He has done for him or her, a longing is placed in that individual’s heart. That longing causes the one God has sought to seek God in return. We know that God is “seek-able” or, as Isaiah puts it in Isaiah 55:6-7:
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
So, as we begin this new day, let’s not hesitate to glorify God, knowing that such glory will be used by God to make the hearts of those He seeks to live with a newness of life, and to seek Him in return.
