Our greatest obligation as well as our greatest opportunity is to glorify God. For this we have been designed and created. To this we are daily called. Our greatest joy is experienced and our highest success attained when we fulfill that purpose. Nothing can satisfy the soul as much as accomplishing the very thing for which we were created to perform.
1 Corinthians 10:31 says, "Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Of course we should glorify God in the church sanctuary. We should also glorify Him at work, at school, at the ball field, and every other place of importance in our lives. But we should also glorify Him at the dinner table. Eating and drinking are the two most basic activities of all humans, and the Bible tells us that even in these most basic, routine, seemingly mundane practices we are to make a conscious effort to bring glory to our God.
If glorifying God is intended to be a vital ingredient of our daily lives, we need to know exactly how to do it. What does it mean to glorify God? One way to glorify God is to magnify God. Just as a telescope zero's in on the majesty of the heavens and brings them close for our observation, so we should make much of the greatness of God by making Him as visible as possible to those around us.
I'll never forget the night I stood in an open field far from the lights and sounds of the city, and gazed at the moon through a powerful telescope provided by the science department of the college I was attending. The moon was beautiful that night, even to the naked eye, but it was breath-taking when I saw it through the scope of that powerful magnifier. We are to do the same. We are to show people how truly magnificent our God is as we speak of how much He means to us, what great things He has done for us, the joy we find in His service, the hope we have in His promises, and the peace we experience in His presence. When people hear about God from us, it should be as though they are seeing God in a way they have never seen Him before.
The moon and stars are beautiful, yet so many people rush around in the night with little thought of the majesty above them. Even when they chance to look up, so little can be seen because of the artificial lights and distractions of this world. Our God is also beautiful--so much more than the heavens He created--yet so few look His way. Those who do perhaps find it difficult to see through the haze the greatness of who we know Him to be. That's where we come in. We must glorify Him by magnifying Him, that the world might see.
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