Scripture:
Malachi 1:5
Your
eyes will see this and you will say, "The LORD be magnified beyond the
border of Israel!"
Insights: Why does God do all of this? By all of this, I mean, punish those He
loves. Bring to destruction those He has
prepared for wrath. The answer is
simple: to bring glory and majesty to His name!
For those that have been redeemed, they are able to look at the
destruction of the wicked and praise God for His mercy on their lives. For those that have been redeemed and have
experienced God’s punishment, they are able to look at God’s guiding hand and
praise Him for His persistent love. For
those that have been redeemed and are in a right love relationship with Him,
they are able to look at God and reflect that love back to a world in desperate
need of salvation. And all of these
things bring glory and majesty to God!
God will share His glory with no one and everything He does is
intentional. This intentionality is for
His glory to be acknowledged in all the earth.
So, the means by which He works to create this glory is not for us to
decide. It is for us to obey! Beloved, let us live our lives in such a
fashion that we receive the disciplines of God well and praise Him for the
rebukes. Let us praise Him that He did
save us from eternal destruction. Let us
praise Him that we are equipped and gifted to proclaim His love to a lost world
and let us actually share this gospel.
Can you image with me what this world would look like if all God’s
children lived this kind of life? It would
be extraordinary. Let us strive to live
this way and bring God the majesty He deserves!
Questions:
- Do you praise God for His amazing love?
- Are you ever awed by the magnificence of God’s love?
Prayer: Father, You
daily display Your glory in Your love for me.
May I have eyes to see and ears to hear and the sensitivity of the heart
to recognize Your love. Then Lord, let
me have voice to praise and magnify You as a result of Your grace. Amen.
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