Just a Minute More! A Resolve to Glorify God

Here is a link to last week’s series, Just a Minute More!

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

Psalm 28:7 (NKJV)

Trusting God is a way to glorify God.

Putting our trust in God through faith in believing is the first step to our salvation experience. So, of course, this is a wonderful way to glorify our Father. But we glorify Him all along our journey, too, as we trust Him.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 (NKJV)

With the two passages above, do you see the common thread?

Trusting God gives Him the honor He richly deserves. In the first verse we acknowledge His Lordship and in the second we praise Him, and both are because He inspires our trust.

Because we give God glory and honor look at the benefit. He guides our paths, He is our Strength, He is our Shield, He is our Help, He is our Song. And all of the glory belongs to our Father.

There are so many scriptures that help us see the how simple trust in God glorifies Him. But for me, there is a Psalm that reminds me why I trust Him.

See what you think. Try reading this one out loud. I have also added a link for you to listen to a hauntingly beautiful, presentation of Psalm 103¹.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name!

 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits,
 who forgives all your iniquity,

    who heals all your diseases,
 who redeems your life from the pit,

    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
 who satisfies you with good

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

 The Lord works righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.

 He made known his ways to Moses,
    his acts to the people of Israel.

 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

 He will not always chide,
    nor will he keep his anger forever

He does not deal with us according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.

 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.
 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

 As a father shows compassion to his children,
    so, the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

 

For he knows our frame;
    he remembers that we are dust.

 As for man, his days are like grass;
    he flourishes like a flower of the field;
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
    and its place knows it no more.

 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to children’s children,
 to those who keep his covenant
    and remember to do his commandments.

 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
    and his kingdom rules over all.

Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
    his ministers, who do his will!
Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!

1. Psalm 103
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