For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 NASB Grace and glory – Ah, what we so desperately want! Joy. Joy of life. Joy of relationships. Joy that satisfies our deepest longings for acceptance, recognition,…
“I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.” Isaiah 42:8 NASB Will not give – In the famous Servant Song of Isaiah, YHVH declares that He will not give (hand over, set, place, allow or surrender) His glory to another. On the basis…
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. Psalm 106:20 ESV Glory – Translators have added words of explanation to this verse. In Hebrew it reads: va-yamiroo et kevodam betavnit. The et identifies the direct object of the verb mur (to exchange). But notice that the direct object…
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 ESV Did not honor – Paul delineates two critical failures of those whom God consigns to futility. The first is that even though…
Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Psalm 57:8 NASB My glory – Did you find David’s expression a bit unusual? Is he foreshadowing Maslow or Shakespeare? Does he mean that his glory, the importance of his own self-esteem, needs to find expression (Maslow) or is he using the phrase…
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above the earth. Psalm 57:5 NASB Glory – We need to know all that we can about God’s glory. Of course, that implies a stern warning. Get too close and you will be burned. The purity of His glory extinguishes life. That itself is…
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.” John 17:22 ESV Glory – Certainly every Christian believer is familiar with this Greek word – doxa. In days past, it was incorporated into a ritual of Sunday worship. We sang the doxology. …
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Psalm 73:24 ESV Glory – This verse certainly appears to support an afterlife in heaven, doesn’t it? If this is so, it is one of the few verses in the Tanakh that indicates a heavenly reward for the righteous. Of course,…
