What Do I "Glory" In?

Galatians 6:14 ~

"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." (KJV)

I often glory in my own "good works". I think I've done something amazing if I sacrifice what I want to do in order to do something more important, when in reality that's nothing special. 

The God of the universe gave His only Song to die on the cross for my sins! Now that's a real sacrifice. 

So why am I proud of myself for making small sacrifices that really don't mean anything in comparison to the greatest sacrifice in the history of mankind? Christ had to be absolutely selfless to be willing to die on the cross for all humanity. He died for every single person on this planet, past, present, and future. He died for those would would never believe on Hum; even those who reviled and blasphemed His holy name. Even those who desire nothing but the destruction of all true Christianity. He died for them, too. God is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9b) That's true love. That's true sacrifice. Who am I to be proud of my own frivolous good deeds? Who am I to glory in my own flesh?

My prayer - and every Christian's prayer - should be to seek His glory above our own. 

Glory in Him. 

Finally Back

So...I know it's been quite some time since I last posted, and I do apologize for that. Every time I've tried to write a new post, it has fizzled out to nothing.

Therefore, I'm going to try doing something different.

I have started using the drafts in my email app on my kindle as a journal. I have different drafts for different areas of my life, and one is for writing out my thoughts on different verses, or sometimes just thoughts on areas of my personal walk with God in which I need improvement. Or whatever I want, really.

So, instead of trying to write out nice long blog posts, I'm going to start posting these 'thoughts'. I'm not sure how often I will post, but hopefully weekly. Knowing myself as I do, that probably won't happen. But maybe I'll at least get monthly posts in. We'll see how it goes.

The purpose of these thoughts are to spur you - and myself - to actually give more than a passing thought to an area of life that may need improvement. And some will be encouraging, others, just food for thought.

I'm really trying to wholly give my blog over to the Lord so that it can accomplish what He desires. I'm hoping that this will help keep my focus right, not only on my blog, but also in my daily life.

Feel free to comment and let me know what you think of this idea, or if you have suggestions for improving my blog, I would appreciated it very much!