‘And They Glorified God’

‘And They Glorified God’

Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us;” and, “God has visited His people.”

Luke 7:16

If ‘man’s chief end is to glorify God,’ then Christ did that to the highest degree. Salvation, in its’ entirety, glorifies God. Christ came, lived, died, and rose again to accomplish redemption. Therefore, everything which Christ did at every stage of His Incarnation, He did to glorify God. The scene before us entirely supports that line of thought. Christ halted the procession of death. He spoke life to the dead. The result of that was that the young man arose from the dead, and Christ ‘presented him to his mother.’ Our text for today describes the reaction of the people who witnessed the miracle. ‘Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us,” and, “God has visited His people.”’ They ‘feared,’ or had reverence, respect, and regard for God. Beyond that, they ‘glorified’ God. Their conclusion was, ‘A great prophet has risen up among us,’ and ‘God has visited His people.’ All this to say, that by this miracle Christ was accomplishing everything which He intended in terms of bringing glory to God. For our own edification, let us consider that every grand work which Christ does in our own life is to the same purpose, that we might revere God and glorify Him. As we dwell upon the works of Christ, Who, in spiritual terms has halted our procession of death, and spoken life to us in our deadness, let us, as the result of those contemplations, revere and glorify God, Who does all things well.

Our Glorious Wonder-Working God,
we praise You that You do all things well.
We rejoice that we have the high privilege of revering You
and glorifying You for all Your Wondrous Works.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning