Respect Honor Glory

Give to the LORD the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him.
Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!
1 Chronicles 16:29

One of the joys of being a christian is knowing that God has prepared a place for us (John 14:2) and that one day we will be in heaven with Him for all eternity long, which is an incomprehensible overwhelming amount of time to think about! But that should never be our only motivation when following Jesus. We should honor and obey Him for who He is, giving Him all the respect, honor and glory due to Him and not just because of his promises and benefits.

It is easy to forget the rules when mom and dad aren't home or when your boss is not around because as men most of us have the habit of not doing what we should be doing when an authority figure is not physically present. And when they are present we often do the right things motivated by selfish reasons - to impress them, be rewarded or maybe trying to be someone you're not to please them. That is exactly what we tend to do with God sometimes. Even though we can't see Him in person we have to be reminded that He is omnipresent and knows and sees all things. He knows who we really are behind closed doors, in our thoughts and in our hearts, there is no hiding from Him. As His children we should always give Him all the respect, honor and glory due to His name, look at what He says in this verse:

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty..." Malachi 1:6


One more thing, so many times we find ourselves praying, singing, saying... "Give Him all the respect, honor and glory" that sometimes we forget what it really means. So instead of me telling you what it means because I often don't do these things myself, instead of you hearing someone telling you what it means why don't you really think about it and do the research, use your bible search for keywords, go before Him in prayer and ask Him to open your eyes so you can fully understand it and put it into practice.

He has equipped us with our bibles and the Holy Spirit though Him all things are possible, and yes there will be hard times, sometimes you won't fit in or be liked because of your faith. Be glad because you are doing it all for Him! The bible tells us in Romans 5:3 to rejoice in our sufferings - easy to say right? But He doesn't expect us to do it on our own He says to cast all your worries upon Him. If your life is hard and you are facing tribulations, persecution or whatever it might be while you are giving him all the respect, honor and glory don't be weakened! He told us this would happen and that is why we should cling to Him at all times, He sees us through it all He is God!

So again, ask yourselves this question:

What does it mean to give Him all the respect, honor and glory?

Let us know!
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God Bless!

Diego <><