Sounds fine… until you stop and think about it. How can anyone give
glory and strength to God who is already infinite in these things?
I see at least three possible answers to this.
Firstly, the word 'give' can also mean ‘ascribe’. If we ascribe glory
and strength to God, we don't actually give
Him anything but we acknowledge the strength and glory that He already
has.
Secondly, it can mean that our praise to God somehow enhances Him in the
eyes of others around us. As we testify of the goodness and power of God in our
lives, there’s a sense in which His glory and strength grow into hearts that
may not have acknowledged these things before. Hence - more glory for God.
“For all things are for
your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving
to abound to the glory of God (2 Cor 4:15).”
But thirdly, it can also mean that we bring the best of our glory
and strength and lay it all down before Him. Not that our glory and strength
adds anything to God, even if we are, as David suggests, “mighty ones”. We bow in
awe before this God. Rather than big-noting ourselves, we give our best to Him
in an act of adoration and worship.
People of this world seek and love glory, the admiration of others. The
promise of God is infinitely better because, in Christ, we get to be partakers
of His glory in the final wash-up of all things (1 Pet 5:1,4).
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