Give Unto the Lord Psalm 29:1

1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.



How many times do we read words or sing songs without really thinking about what we have just read or sung? Look at the passage above one more time and ask yourself the question, "What does this mean? What does it mean to give glory and strength to the Lord? Who are the 'mighty' that can give strength to the Lord? What does it mean to give God the glory that He is due?"

How did you answer those questions? It is so important that we learn to give God what He wants from us so that He can give us what He wants us to have. God wants our devotion and obedience so that He can bless us and fight our battles and meet our needs and make our lives everything that He so much wants them to be. It is so important for us to understand why this is as important to God as it is.

What does it mean to "give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, glory and strength?" How can we give God strength? How can we give Him glory? We know that He gives us His strength and He gives us His glory and without Him there is neither. How can we give Him these things?

We give God strength and glory as we give Him the opportunity to be those things in our lives. As we are obedient to His directions for our lives, we place ourselves in a position where He can do the things for us that has had planned to do. God has longed for all eternity to have fellowship with us in a way that He could shower us and cover us with His abounding riches and His abundant love.

As we surrender our wills to His will, His strength is made perfect in us. What good is it to be able to do great things for those that we love, if we do not do them? Have you ever asked yourself the question, "Why are the ultra rich so miserable in life?" The answer is really very simple. They have so much to do so much with but because they are not willing to share what they have and willing to do things for others, many times they are absolutely miserable.

In a similar sense, the same could be said of God. We have to understand that the greatest joy that God gets out of our lives, comes when He is able to shower us with His blessings. God is His happiest when He is able to look into our eyes and see into our hearts and know that we are filled to overflowing because of the things that He has been able to do for us. The greatest sorrow that He gets, next to an individual dying without Christ in His heart, is Him watching us pay such a high cost for such low living. It grieves God's heart to watch us labor so hard trying to have the things that we think will bring us happiness when all along all we need to do is look to Jesus!

Give God strength and glory today by allowing His will to be your will and by being obedient to Him with each and every decision that you make and watch and see His strength and His glory permeate your whole being.