What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Ask ten people, get ten different answers. Most answers would probably fail to see life from God's perspective. There is more to life than meets the eye, more than the here and now. We are here "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." But how do I glorify God? When I was a young Christian, I didn't know what that meant. You can save a lot of grief in your life if you use a telescope rather than a microscope! Magnify and glorify are very similar in their meaning biblically. Paul says, "My aim is to magnify Jesus Christ." That's the same as glorify Jesus Christ. Does it mean magnify God like a microscope magnifies or like a telescope magnifies? A microscope makes tiny things look bigger than they are, and a telescope makes gigantic things that to the naked eye look little, look more like what they really are. Now, which way are you called upon to magnify God? The answer is like a telescope, not like a microscope. It is blasphemy to magnify God like a microscope! "You are on planet Earth to put a telescope to the eye of the world." That's why you exist. By your behavior, your parenting, the way you do your job, the way you worship, and the way you handle your things in life, everyone should read off of your life, "God is great." That's why you exist. To glorify God is to advertise him. He is life's most significant reality, radically worthy of receiving glory, honor and power. We glorify God when we make it our goal to please him in all things. The beautiful irony is that in glorifying God we actually find true happiness.
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David Bodanza is the pastor of Mission of Grace Church in Massachusetts. He is also a practicing lawyer. He holds an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a J.D. from New England School of Law. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, four children and four...
