After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
Revelation 7: 9-12 New International Version (NIV)
What is God’s Glory? // How do we live for God’s glory?
“People who experience more awe in their lives are happier, more generous, more helpful, more cooperative, more ethical, and more humble. So powerful is the impact of awe that even a single minute of standing in a grove of towering trees can lead people to become measurably more helpful and ethical. Researchers concluded: ‘Awe imbues people with a different sense of themselves. One that is small, more humble, and part of something larger. Awe by nature calls us up and out of ourselves, encouraging us to be available for the world around us. It does this by making us feel that we’re a part of life’s grandeur, belonging to something beautiful and good in the world… people have some sense of their personal concerns being lesser… Awe produces both reverence and belonging… Yet, most people live awe-deprived lives, busy, often indoors, rarely getting lost in the wider, wonderful world.’”
-Sam Jolman-
Science has proven that the awe we experience from glorious things actually makes us better people.
“In commanding us to worship Him, God is inviting us to enjoy him.” -C.S. Lewis-
“The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” – Westminster Catechism –
The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites, the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
Exodus 24:16-17 (NIV)
The heaves declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 19:1 (NIV)
And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:3 (NIV)
The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son…
John 1:14 (NIV)
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
Luke 1:46-47 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
GLORY = KAVOD // Weighty or heavy
GLORY = DOXA // Dignity, honor, praise, inherent worth
We become like what we worship//We become what we behold.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will become like them, and so will all
who trust in them.
Psalm 135:15-18 (NIV)
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:8 (NIV)
When worship goes from an event we attend to a lifestyle we live, we become people who behold God’s glory, reflect God’s glory, and live for God’s glory.