GLORIFYING GOD IN ALL SITUATIONS.

Acts 28:31. NCBV.

31 He boldly preached about the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, and no one stopped him.

While Paul was a prisoner in Rome, he still got to preach and teach. He did it with confidence and no one told him to stop. That is really incredible that even while he was a prisoner, he was able to spread the gospel. Paul was a prisoner and instead of wallowing in self-pity or despair, he recognized that he could still glorify God in the situation. Sometimes our situation may seem bleak. Why would God allow this to happen to us? We can glorify God in every situation. There is no situation that you will face that God cannot be glorified in. Wherever you find yourself, no matter how hard the circumstance is seek to glorify God in it.

When you Glorify God despite whatever that inhibites you, it is a sign of surrending to His Will. It is a way of honoring Him with praise or worship. God is glorious; He is great and magnificent. He is exceptionally grand in His nature and deeds. “Full of splendor and majesty is his work” (Psalm 111:3) When we glorify Him, we acknowledge His greatness and splendor and laud Him for that. When we “give Him glory,”. The entire world was preached with a loud voice in Revelation 14:7, “Fear God and give him praise, because the time has come for God to judge all people. So worship God who made the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the springs of water.”we direct our praise, adoration, thanksgiving, and worship to Him who alone is worthy.

Glory is Him by virtue of His nature, and He rightfully refuses to share it with others: “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8).

By virtue of who God is, we have an obligation to glorify God at all times. We ought not wait until we are experiencing good moments or feel satisfied of all situations before we can glorify God that\’s our duty to God to give Him honour and glory. Those who refuse to glorify God faces severe judgment, as witnessed by the example of Herod usurping God’s glory in Acts 12:21–23.

Are you in difficult times and burden by the situation you are right now ? The Lord is telling you \”Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 13 For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. (Isaiah 41:10-13).

You owe yourself every reason to glory in the Lord and be grateful to His gift of life and thank Him for the good things He has done for you. A song writer \”Bob Kauflin and Sovereign Grace Music\”, Wrote songs of consolation to us. When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul
Away so you are committed to hear is well (it is well)
With my soul (with my soul)
Aa is well, it is well with my soul
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come
Let this blest assurance control
That Christ (yes, He has) has regarded my helpless estate
And has shed His own blood for my soul

Let this song be your blest assurance that Jesus Christ is in control of all situations even though Satan should buffet and trials should come your way, that Christ has regarded your hopeless estate and sheded His Blood for you. THEREFORE IT IS WELL WITH YOUR SOUL.

PRAYER
Abba Father, I don\’t always like the situations I find myself in. Life gets hard and sometimes seems unfair. I find myself sometimes overwhelmed, Help me to glorify you in whatever situation I find myself. You are a Sovereign God and in control of all things. Give me peace in knowing that You hold the world in Your hands and You see and know everything concerning me. Please give me strength in hard situations. In Jesus Mighty Name I pray Amen.

REFLECTION

Glorifying God means giving Him all the honor and praise for all things and holding Him up to a high place of honor in your heart and telling of His goodness even when it seems things are not as much as you want.

BIBLE READING:- Isaiah 43.

Thank you Lord for your Mercies and thank you for as many as will read, as they glorify you, their hopes shall not be disappointed.