“为了我自己的缘故, 为了我自己的缘故, 我必作这事。我的名怎能被亵渎呢？我必不把我的荣耀归给别人。”
以赛亚书 48:11
“For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.”
Isaiah 48:11
God’s people in Isaiah’s day needed “a perspective from above.” They prided themselves on being His people yet were disobedient and refused to give up their idols. God had another perspective. Despite their rebellion, He would rescue them from captivity to Babylon. Why? God’s perspective from above is that life is for His glory and purpose—not ours (Isaiah 48:11)
Our attention is to be given to Him and His plans and to pointing others to praise Him too.
Having God’s glory as our own life’s perspective opens a whole new world. Only He knows what we will discover about Him and what He has for us. God will teach us what is good for us and lead us along the paths we should follow (v. 17).
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