Glorifying the Father

What Did Jesus Do?

Jesus Glorified The Father

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3.17

In the Gospel of John the existence of the entire material universe is credited to Jesus. (John 1.3) So it is that the very heavens, which “declare the glory of God,” do so because the Lord made them to do so. If you will, the Lord (the Son) glorifies the LORD (the Father), in and through all his works, and so, according to the Apostle Paul, should we.

Jesus said that he glorified the Father on earth by accomplishing all the work the Father had given to him. We also know, as cited in the above paragraph, the Son glorified the Father by the works he accomplished in the heavens. All that the Son did, in word or deed, was done unto the glory of the Father.

None of us will be doing any of God’s handiwork in the heavens, but we have the same opportunity on earth that Jesus did, not to save the world of course, but to accomplish all that the Father has given unto us to do. That is, if we have a mind to. If we hardly give the Father a thought most days, or if after a hurried “good morning” to God when we rise we go about our day mindful only of our business, then it is unlikely we will be getting much done to glorify God. Certainly, if we do no more than reserve an hour or so on Sundays for God, whatever we accomplish the rest of the week, little of it will likely glorify God.

But if we take each day that God gives us, and determine to give it back to him, if we direct our every word to be God honoring, if we our labors, whatever they may be, our intentionally done in the name of Jesus Christ, there is every reason to believe that much glory and thanks will accrue to God the Father.

How about trying it today? Whatever we do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus who did everything in the name of the LORD, giving thanks to God the Father. That’s what Jesus Did.

S.D.G.

Jim
www.jimwilkenministries.org
Marion, NC
PS 37.4