Part I. – Introduction
The title of this blog is “Made for Glory”, and in the next few posts I will be explaining the theology behind it. “Made for glory”, in this day and age this term could have many meanings, for one it could mean you were made for praise of the a sport after you scored, or you were made to be praised in general, or you were made for a high office/rank. Consider, though, that you would not say at the birth of a child that it is made to have glory in basketball, but you would probably say as the child grows and show potential in playing basketball that he was made to be glorified in basketball; also realize how self-centered those possible meanings are. Theses are NOT the meanings implied by this blog. The meaning intended on Made for glory is not the self centered definitions that I have given in the above statements but is completely opposite. Compared to the above, the biblical definition of “made for glory” has known ever since the beginning of time and is anything but self-centered. When I refer to the term “made for glory” I mean that every human being, from birth, is made to enjoy the glory of God and be happy in it eternally. Everyone has a desire to be happy; the problem is though that many look for that happiness in the wrong things: money, sex, possessions, etc. These are not what the human race was created for. Mankind was made for God’s eternal, all satisfying glory. This is why people who pursue the riches of the world and don’t pursue the glory of God are never happy. They pursue to be happy but the happiness there are pursuing only last for a time. This is the reason Moses left Egypt, Hebrews 11:25 – “[Moses] choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God that to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.” Isaiah 43:7 makes clear that God made Israel (context of Isaiah 43) for His glory. Technically all things were created so that God would be glorified. Psalm 19:1 – “… the heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.” I will continue this point in the next post. Until then…
