1 Samuel 2:30
30 for those who honor Me I will honor, …..
Honoring someone is not born out of intimidation. God does not scare anyone living on this planet earth to draw them near to Him. He does not use scare tactics. In order to understand how God honors us, we need to first understand the glory of God. What is glory? What does it mean to glorify someone? First of all glory means to praise someone of their personality, their accomplishments and so on.
The Greek word translated as “glorify” is doxazo, which primarily means holding something or someone in your mind or imagination. Its secondary meaning is to “extol” or “magnify,” which is where the meaning of “glorify” as in “praise” arises. In the Latin Vulgate the Greek word was translated as clarifico, which means “to make illustrious or famous.” Interestingly, this Latin word is also the source of the English word, “to clarify,” which goes back to the primary meaning of the word, having a clear image in your mind.
The Greek word translated as “glorify” and “glory” are from the same Greek root, just like our words “glorify” and “glory” are from the same English root. There translated as “glory,” however, is misleading. The English words were chosen more to praise Jesus than to translate his words. At best, the “glory” aspect of these words in tangential.
A more accurate translation of glorify and glory in today’s English would be “recognize” and “recognition.” However, what is recognized is a person’s “reputation.” “Recognizing” someone also means spreading their reputation, as we might say, “publicizing” or “promoting.” These words provide cover both the primary and secondary meaning of these Greek words as Jesus used them.
Those who honor God, God watches every move they make. It is like watching someone that we love so that they don’t take the wrong path in life and get wasted. Since every believer is a child of God, He wants us to walk in the way He designed for us. The most important thing that God embedded into our DNA is our sexuality. He created the human beings as male and female. In today’s culture men who want to live as women are dishonoring God’s choice. God created an apple tree to produce apple fruits. But even if an apple tree decides to produce a different fruit other than apples it simply cannot produce a different fruit. Similarly when a man decides to become a woman using the latest technology he will still remain a man in the eyes of God. It is not man’s choice who they want to become.
A person who honors God through Lord Jesus Christ, God honors him back by blessing him with more of Jesus Christ. This is how Father God lavishes His love on us.
Have you received the free gift of salvation through Christ Jesus? It is not too late. The Bible in Acts 16 verse 31 says this:
Acts 16:31
31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household.
In Jesus precious name! Amen.
Maranatha!
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