Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
"Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?"
"Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?"
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
~Romans 11:33-36~
This passage in Paul's letter to the Romans is called the Doxology, and is one of several doxologies in the Bible. The word doxology comes from two Greek words - "doxa," which means glory, and "logia," which means saying. In other words, "saying glory". We, along with all of God's creation, are made to say God's glory, or to worship. When we praise God with our words, we are obviously saying his glory, but we also say glory by praising him through how we live. After this doxology in Paul's writing, his next words are, "Therefore, I urge you . . . to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice" and reminds us that this is our "true and proper worship." If we truly want to give God glory in response to all that he has done for us, we worship him by saying glory and giving our lives to him.
Kym, it was wonderful to look at this doxology this morning. "How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!" (NLT)None of us can know the mind of the Lord. the more we learn His Word, the more we offer Him praise for we come to see His power and His wisdom in all He does. Have a blessed Sunday!
ReplyDeleteThank you for Sunday morning glory words!
ReplyDeleteFrom him!
Through him!
To him!
So much to be grateful for every single day.
The same as we teach as parents to our children that their actions reflect upon we parents is the same that we are to God. Our actions and life living reflects as praises to God. Thank you for hosting and for the great scripture reminder this morning.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Which is why it is so important that our lives emulate Christ and not the world. What's the saying? "Our lives may be the only Bible people read".
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Beautiful. We also say glory by praising him through how we live. I just love those words.
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