Give to the Lord the glory

"Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his presence. Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor." 1 Chronicles 16:29 NLT

Jake Halliday, 28, had endured a grueling three-and-a-half hour run and was less than a mile from the finish line of the London Marathon on April 22 when he was approached by a steward and asked to leave the course. Halliday, who was running the 26.2 mile race for a dear friend diagnosed with cancer, was devastated at the realization that his bib had fallen off somewhere along the route and he was now disqualified. To make matters even worse, Jake later learned that an unidentified imposter had found his bib, completed the race, taken finish line photos and accepted the medal and glory that was due to him.  

And while you might find this appalling, consider that many of us are guilty of doing the very same thing. We don't steal the glory from an individual though, we steal it from God. You see, the Bible clearly tells us that you and I are to "give to the Lord the glory he deserves." And we do this by acknowledging that God, and God alone, is the provider of all things good - our talents, our abilities, our victories, our health, our homes, our cars and our families (just to name a few things) are ours only because of God's grace. Yet how many of us are professing that these things are gained on our own?

So today and everyday, may we give the glory where it is due and then make this our song of adoration, "I bring an offering of worship to my King. No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing. Jesus, may You receive the honor that You're due. O Lord, I bring an offering to You." 

Heavenly Father, thank You for the many good things You have blessed us with. May we never keep for ourselves the glory that You alone are due. May we remember that every victory and every battle won is not done by our strength but by Your's. And that everything that we are or have comes from You. May you be praised for that. All glory to You. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!!!

Offering - Paul Baloche

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCh7AFvEVjk