For whose glory?

Morning: Psalm 72; 1 Samuel 1:1-20; Hebrews 3:1-6

Evening: Psalms 146, 147; John 3:25-30

Going deeper spiritually is challenging … We humans are prone to want to polish our own reputations.  But for whose glory is our spiritual life?  David Fitch says, “to give glory to God is to enhance God’s reputation in the world.”  God’s reputation suffers when people of faith, especially leaders, seem to worry more about their own reputations than God’s.  People see through that.  Success in the world may require us to ‘blow our own trumpet’, but deep down we want to believe in something bigger than ourselves.  Which is why John the Baptist wants Jesus’ reputation to grow.