All about His Glory

Message and photo by Winnie Tie, posting by James Wong.
I have been praying with my husband two times a week early in the morning at 5. We use Psalm to meditate and pray. One morning, we were reading and praying with Psalm 96, a massive truth hit home as if I have never known before. I noticed the words “all the earth”, “among the nations”, “above all gods”, “most worthy of praise”, “families of nations”, “ the heavens”. For the psalmist, his ultimate concern was God’s glory and God’s name to be praised among the nations, above the heavens and throughout all the earth. In comparison, my concerns were circled around my little world, my little ministry, and my little worries. While the psalmist’s desire was to see God’s glory above all the nations, I was wondering what meat to defrost for lunch.

Nothing has changed. Life still goes on. But I began to see things in a different perspective. My horizon was broadened right then. It is nothing about me or any other thing. It is all about the glory of God. His name is to be exalted high above. From the rising of the sun to the setting of the same, His name is to be praised.

As we launched into the 40 Days of Purpose Campaign, we can easily fall into the traps of worrying about our little world, our little number, our little group, even our little DVD player or living room. But let us see the whole thing in a broader picture. It is all about Jesus, nothing about us. “Declares his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” (Psalm 96:3)
(Winnie Tie, wife of Rev Dr Tie King Tai is the Editor of the newsletter Connections, a fortnightly English station of The Chinese Methodist Message. Her article first appeared in Wesley 40DOP blog on June 6, 2008. We are grateful and wish to thank Winnie for allowing us to use her encouraging message.)