January 10

All for the Glory of God

"Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."  1 Corinthians 10:31

A great hindrance to the internal peace of our lives can be the habit of dividing our lives into two areas, spiritual and temporal. Some may separate these two parts of their lives and feel they are shortchanging God when they must tend to their earthly duties. They feel that God would much rather have them studying and being about His business. But this approach leads to a divided instead of a unified life, for the necessities of living compel us to be always crossing back and forth from the one to the other. The Apostle Paul tells us that every act of our lives contributes to the glory of God. The knowledge that we are all God’s, that He has received all and rejected nothing, will unify our inner lives and make everything sacred to us. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is spiritual or temporal, it is why he does it. Let a man sanctify the Lord God in his heart and he can thereafter do no common act. All he does is a priestly service, an act of worship. So as we go forth this week, let us remember that if we do all to His glory and honor, we worship Him with our whole being.

Father, help us to live our lives as if they were an act of worship. May all we do rise up to You and bring You glory and honor. Keep us from compartmentalizing our lives and to worship You even in the mundane chores that we find ourselves doing. Help us to do all to Your glory and honor. Amen