Ways to Glorify God
November 22, 2002 by Melody Laila
Filed under Columnists, Melody Laila
If you’ve ever heard the Christmas carol ‘Angels we have heard on high’, you will have pictured the scene that took place over two thousand years ago in a little manger at Bethlehem, as one with scores of angels singing “Gloria” to our Lord and the mountains echoing their sweet song. It seems only natural that angels should always be glorifying God, yet it doesn’t seem natural for us humans to glorify God at every moment of our lives.
Yet that’s exactly what the Word of God tells us to do. In his first letter to the Corinthians (10:31), St. Paul tells us that whether we eat or drink; whatever we do, must be for the Glory of God. Glorifying God is a basic requirement of any religion. But aren’t the words “whatever you do” stretching things a bit too far?
The Bible as we know is not to be interpreted literally every time. There are after all, parables and many other passages, which have to be understood in the context they were written. But the Lord put it upon my heart to take this Word of God very seriously and very literally. I was doubtful. “Is this even possible?” I asked Him. He assured me that is definitely was.
