Called to Honor God

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).  Thomas Manton’s thoughts on this verse (from Voices From the Past) are so good, that I cannot do better than quote them: “This life is not to be valued but as it yields opportunities to glorify God.  We were not sent into the world to live for ourselves, but for God.  If we could make (create) ourselves, then we could live for ourselves.”  Manton affirms that God has ordained specific good works by which each believer glorifies God (Ephesians 2:10).  Jesus, who said that He glorified the Father by accomplishing the work appointed to Him, is the example we follow.  Manton concludes by saying that “all have their service and work given them for God’s glory.  Every morning we should revive the sense of this upon our hearts.  When a Christian leaves home in the morning, he must remember he is at Christ’s disposal; he is not to do as he pleases, but to be guided by rule, and for God’s glory.”