Everything Says Glory!

The 29th Psalm is rich in descriptive language portraying the might and splendor of God. It is a call to worship the God whose voice commands the waters and the thunder, whose majestic authority breaks the cedars of Lebanon, hews out the flames of fire, makes the deer calve, awakens the sleeping wilderness, and strips the forest bare with a whisper. Such power! Such awesome magnificence is demonstrated by our God.

Then the Psalmist adds this footnote, “and in His temple, everything says glory!” A strange, but profound statement indeed. In an earlier Psalm David had said, “O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” (Psalm 26:8) The emerging truth is clear-God’s majesty and power is manifest universally and demonstrated in every venue and setting. But, in the temple, where His presence dwells, everything points to His glory.

But now WE are the temple of God. He dwells not in buildings fashioned by the hands of men, but in our hearts. Does everything in us say “glory?” Do our words tear down, criticize, and complain or do they say “glory?” Do our actions reveal anger, lust, and disobedience or do they say “glory?” Do our thoughts lie in fleshly passion, personal agenda, and foolish pride or do they say “glory?” And does our worship reek with selfish ambition, arrogant showmanship, and pious spirituality or does it say “glory?”

What a great and humbling privilege! We house the very presence of the Living God whose voice causes the mountains to quake. Our lives speak to those around us. May it be said of us-“Everything says Glory!”