Live for His Glory
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 22 July 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In the final devotional in our series on experiencing God’s promises, today we’re going to look at what it means to live for God’s glory. There is a wealth of promises that can only be experienced when we choose to lay down our own glory, and live for the glory of God instead. We weren’t created to live for our own advancement, and attachment to advancement only breeds pain and suffering. But if we’ll choose instead to seek God’s glory, to lift him up and lead others to him, we’ll find life, purpose, peace, and joy.
Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 11:36, and today's worship is You Get The Glory by Jonathan Traylor.
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| 0:00.0 | In the final episode of our series on experiencing God's promises, |
| 0:09.0 | today we're going to look at what it means to live for God's glory. |
| 0:14.0 | There are a wealth of promises that can only be experienced |
| 0:18.0 | when we choose to lay down our own glory and live for the glory of God instead. |
| 0:23.9 | We weren't created to live for our own advancement. |
| 0:27.4 | An attachment to advancement only breeds pain and suffering. |
| 0:31.9 | But if we'll choose instead to seek God's glory, to lift him up and lead others to him. We'll find life, purpose, peace, |
| 0:41.2 | and joy. May God give us the courage to seek humility today and the wisdom to know how to glorify |
| 0:48.8 | him in meaningful ways. Welcome to the first of teen podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Romans 11, |
| 1:01.7 | verse 36, where Paul writes, for from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be |
| 1:09.6 | glory forever. Amen. |
| 1:12.6 | One of the most constant and critical struggles we as believers have |
| 1:17.6 | is balancing our God-given longing for greatness |
| 1:20.6 | with striving for our own glory on earth. |
| 1:24.6 | You were made to long for greatness. |
| 1:32.6 | You were made to do earth-shattering, bondage-breaking, life-giving works. |
| 1:39.1 | But the Bible makes it clear that when we overstep the boundary of greatness to glory, |
| 1:44.0 | we step outside of the abundant life that God desires to give us. |
| 1:48.7 | When we long to achieve greatness for our own fame and reputation, |
| 1:53.7 | we load onto our shoulders a weight that only God can bear. |
| 1:59.3 | Living for your own glory will only lead you to a life of dissatisfaction, |
| 2:04.2 | striving, burdens, and failure. So let's take some time today and cast the burden of achieving glory back onto the only person who deserves it |
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