Glorifying God is an inherent calling for anyone who comes into the body of Christ. According to Westminster Catechism, the greatest calling of mankind is to “glorify God and enjoy him forever.” How then, do we best fulfill this great calling?
Sure, there are many ways to glorify God. We glorify him in worship, sharing the gospel, and by obedience to him. However, all of those “good things” are only good if they are done through faith in God. Hebrews 11:6 emphatically states, “And without faith it is impossible to please God.” (NIV) If you think about Abraham, and his righteousness, nothing came separately from his faith. Genesis 15:6 says, “Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.” (NIV)
Notice, the first word after Abram is not righteous, or credit, but rather, Abram believed. It was through his belief that he was able to be called righteous by God. Abraham later glorified God through his willingness to sacrifice his only son, and to move his family to a foreign land. However, those things only glorified God, and pleased him, as Hebrews says, because Abraham believed. He had faith that God was who He said He was, and would do what He said He would do. It is our faith in God which allows us to fulfill our greatest calling. ~ Sophia
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