OUR DAILY BREAD : GLORY DEFLECTORS
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:47 pmJanuary 16
Saturday
GLORY
DEFLECTORS
READ:
Acts 14:8-18
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I will not give My glory
to another.
__Isaiah 48:11
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Barbara Mertz has a complaint about Egypt's Pharaoh Ramses 2.
In her book Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, archaeologist Mertz writes, "One gets so tired of Ramses; his face, his figure, and/or his name are plastered over half the wall surfaces still standing in Egypt--at least it seems that way." Insatiably thirsty for glory, Ramses reveled in Egyptian religion, which taught that the pharaoh was divine.
Contrast Ramses' desire for glory with the attitude of Paul and barnabas. On one of their missionary journeys, they faced a situation during which they refused to accept vain-glory. When a crowd in the idolatrous city of Lystra saw them heal a crippled man, the people exclaimed, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" (Acts 14:11). They immediately prepared animals to sacrifice in honor of Paul and Barnabas. But the two quickly objected, saying, "We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God" (v.15).
We do not rival the apostles in our accomplishments for God, but we all have things we do for Him. It's then that we must be "glory deflectors," making sure God gets all the glory for everything we have done. __Dennis Fisher
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````````````````````````May everything we do--`````````````````
``````````````````````By word or deed or story--````````````````
`````````````````````Be done to please the Lord;````````````````
``````````````````To Him be all the glory. __Rosworth````````````
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Man's greatest goal: Bringing glory to God.
***********Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 14:8-18*****************
8 And in Lystra a certain
man without strength in his
feet was sitting, a cripple
from his mother's womb,
who had never walked.
9 This man heard Paul
speaking. Paul, observing
him intently and seeing that
he had faith to be healed,
10 said with a loud voice,
"Stand up straight on your
feet!" And he leaped and
walked. 11 Now when the
people saw what Paul had
done, they raised their
voices, saying in the
Lycaonian language, "The
gods have come down to us
in the likeness of men!"
12 And Barnabas they called
Zeus, and Paul, Hermes,
because he was the chief
speaker. 13 Then the priest
of Zeus, whose temple was
in front of their city,
brought oxen and garlands
to the gates, intending to
sacrifice with the
multitudes.
14 But when the apostles
Barnabas and Paul heard
this, they tore their clothes
and ran in among the
multitude, crying out 15 and
saying, "Men, why are you
doing these things? We also
are men with the same
nature as you, and preach to
you that you should turn
from these useless things to
the living God, who made
the heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all things that are
in them, 16 who in bygone
generations allowed all
nations to walk in their own
ways. 17 Nevertheless He
did not leave Himself
without witness, in that He
did good, gave us rain from
heaven and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food
and gladness." 18 And with
these sayings they could
scarcely restrain the
multitudes from sacrificing
to them.
Saturday
GLORY
DEFLECTORS
READ:
Acts 14:8-18
___________________________________________________________
I will not give My glory
to another.
__Isaiah 48:11
___________________________________________________________
Barbara Mertz has a complaint about Egypt's Pharaoh Ramses 2.
In her book Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, archaeologist Mertz writes, "One gets so tired of Ramses; his face, his figure, and/or his name are plastered over half the wall surfaces still standing in Egypt--at least it seems that way." Insatiably thirsty for glory, Ramses reveled in Egyptian religion, which taught that the pharaoh was divine.
Contrast Ramses' desire for glory with the attitude of Paul and barnabas. On one of their missionary journeys, they faced a situation during which they refused to accept vain-glory. When a crowd in the idolatrous city of Lystra saw them heal a crippled man, the people exclaimed, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" (Acts 14:11). They immediately prepared animals to sacrifice in honor of Paul and Barnabas. But the two quickly objected, saying, "We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God" (v.15).
We do not rival the apostles in our accomplishments for God, but we all have things we do for Him. It's then that we must be "glory deflectors," making sure God gets all the glory for everything we have done. __Dennis Fisher
_____________________________________________________________
````````````````````````May everything we do--`````````````````
``````````````````````By word or deed or story--````````````````
`````````````````````Be done to please the Lord;````````````````
``````````````````To Him be all the glory. __Rosworth````````````
_____________________________________________________________
Man's greatest goal: Bringing glory to God.
***********Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 14:8-18*****************
8 And in Lystra a certain
man without strength in his
feet was sitting, a cripple
from his mother's womb,
who had never walked.
9 This man heard Paul
speaking. Paul, observing
him intently and seeing that
he had faith to be healed,
10 said with a loud voice,
"Stand up straight on your
feet!" And he leaped and
walked. 11 Now when the
people saw what Paul had
done, they raised their
voices, saying in the
Lycaonian language, "The
gods have come down to us
in the likeness of men!"
12 And Barnabas they called
Zeus, and Paul, Hermes,
because he was the chief
speaker. 13 Then the priest
of Zeus, whose temple was
in front of their city,
brought oxen and garlands
to the gates, intending to
sacrifice with the
multitudes.
14 But when the apostles
Barnabas and Paul heard
this, they tore their clothes
and ran in among the
multitude, crying out 15 and
saying, "Men, why are you
doing these things? We also
are men with the same
nature as you, and preach to
you that you should turn
from these useless things to
the living God, who made
the heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all things that are
in them, 16 who in bygone
generations allowed all
nations to walk in their own
ways. 17 Nevertheless He
did not leave Himself
without witness, in that He
did good, gave us rain from
heaven and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food
and gladness." 18 And with
these sayings they could
scarcely restrain the
multitudes from sacrificing
to them.