March 17, 2016 | Cheerfulness Brings Glory

 

“The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.” 2 Timothy 4:18 (HCSB)
Walking cheerfully
We were discussing glorifying God, and a friend brought me a 400-year-old sermon on the subject. Thomas Watson wrote the excellent message “Man’s Chief End is to Glorify God,” and I was especially touched by this reminder:
“We glorify God by walking cheerfully. It brings glory to God when the world sees a Christian has that within him that which can make him cheerful in the worst times; that can enable him, with the nightingale, to sing with a thorn at his breast. The people of God have ground for cheerfulness. They are justified and adopted, and this creates inward peace; it makes music within, whatever storms are without.”
– Thomas Watson, “Man’s Chief End is to Glorify God”
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