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NASB | John 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 12:28 "[Rather, I will say,] 'Father, glorify (honor, extol) Your name!'" Then a voice came from heaven saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." |
Bible Question:
How can I glorify God? Sometimes it seems I can do so by simply being. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. As Shakespeare’s Hamlet noted in amazement: “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god!” And yet, he asks, “And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?” “Man delights not me”, he says. God made man in his own image. All things, including man, all things in heaven and in earth were made by him, and for him. God wants to take pleasure in us, and we are supposed to show forth his glory. And yet God has to strive with man. And God says in Genesis 6:3, “My spirit shall not always strive with man”. And God says (Isaiah 45:9) “Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!” “Drop down, ye heavens, from above”, He says, “and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together”. “Let righteousness spring up”. So I would yield myself to please him, to glorify him. But how can I do that? He is at work within me to will and to do his good pleasure. But even now there are stirrings within me to things and to say things that will accomplish the opposite. How can I glorify God? |
Bible Answer: We can glorify God by giving. We give thanks, and in that way we glorify God. Even when we give him thanks for his deliverance, it counts. Therefore, Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High: And call upon him in the day of trouble: He will deliver you, and you shall glorify him. Also, Whosoever offers praise glorifies him. We give things, and in that way we glorify him. God does not need anything. The cattle on a thousand hills are his. Every good and perfect gift comes from him. And yet he asks us to give. Give to those in need and thereby glorify God. He is the one who promised the poor that they would not lack. He is depending on those who have to give to them. Give, not grudgingly, or sparingly, but with a willing mind, as unto the Lord. Honour the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. |