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Introduction
What do you glorify?
The word glorify means “to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc.”
We are using it the context of glorifying God or giving Him the glory.
We are called to give glory to God through adoring praise or worshipful thanksgiving.
How many things in your life do you glorify?
Do you glory in your church attendance?
Do you glory in your possessions?
Do you glory in your relationships?
Do you glory in your accomplishments?
While all of those things are good, they can be harmful if we boast in them when we should be boasting about our Lord.
When we are casting a vision, whatever we do we should glorify God.
The Bible has many examples of glorifying God.
The angels making the announcement to the shepherds on the Holy Night Christ was born glorified God.
The shepherds glorified God as a result of what they had learned.
Glorifying God is not just a New Testament concept.
We see examples in the Old Testament as well, particularly in the Psalms and the Book of Isaiah.
Today, I want to share with a model of how we can glorify God.
Our example comes from a passage that is usually associated with giving money.
However, there is absolutely no mention of money here.
It is found in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
Let’s look at this passage and how it shows us ways to glorify God.
Glorifying in Sowing (vs. 6)
First, we glorify God in sowing.
The law of sowing is another concept that is taught throughout scripture.
What you plant is what will grow.
If you plant beans you will get beans.
If you plant tomatoes, you will get tomatoes.
However, to get that fruit or vegetable, you have to plant it.
The biblical term is sowing.
Sowing means to scatter seed.
The law of sowing says that you have to cast out the seed in order to have growth.
It can be good or bad.
It can be fruit or weeds.
I was mowing my yard this week and noticed right in the middle of my yard was a thorny plant.
I didn’t plant it there, but somehow that seed was cast and the plant sprouted.
Typically, what is sown is what will grow.
However, there are a few examples in scripture for that which is sown the opposite is produced.
That gives me great comfort.
It tells me that there’s hope.
When we sow as a church in a way that glorifies God, we will be sharing that hope.
Verse 9 of our text this morning again says, “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.”
This introduces the law of reaping.
Except for the previous example of Psalms 126 just cited, whatever is sown will be reaped.
How sparingly you sow will determine the reaping.
The word reap is therizo.
It simply means harvest.
The law of reaping says that how the seed is sown will determine the harvest.
If we scantily sow, we will have a meager harvest.
If we sow plentiful, we will have a bountiful harvest.
The same is true if we sow that which is evil.
Paul adds a third way to sow.
He says, “Whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”
The Greek language takes two words to make up the word generously.
Epi, which means upon and eugolia which means bounty, polished language, and invocating blessing.
These two words combined mean that the one that sows generously will be giving blessing upon blessing.
This is the law of generosity.
Generosity helps us share abundantly what we have been given abundantly.
This brings us to the next concept, glorifying in sharing.
Glorifying in Sharing (vs.
7-9)
2 Corinthians 9:7 tells us that “we should give what we have decided to give.”
This shows me that what we share is to be a personal decision.
One of the reasons that this great country was founded is that the colonists were tired of being told by the Church of England how much they should give.
When you give to this church, please know that there is only one person knows what you give and that is the person that puts it in the bank.
I don’t know nor will I ever.
Brittany doesn’t know.
The finance committee doesn’t know.
The deacons don’t know.The point is that we do not have any business as a church in what you give because it is a personal decision in how you want to glorify God.
It is also a pleasing declaration.
The Bible says that we should give in a way that is not of compulsion.
We should give in a way to glorify God and do so freely, without reluctancy.
We give as we understand how we have been given.
When we choose to give, we are doing so not to please others but to please God. 1 Thessalonians 2:4
Therefore, remember that everything we do is to glorify God!
That gives us a purposeful determination.
We are to give whatever we give, cheerfully.
We give as we have been given.
Every kind of blessing stems from the Author of Blessing!
God implants in every human the grace and willingness to give.
Think about it, isn’t that part of His character?
God willingly provides us our needs!
Look at this promise again:
God is able!
That in itself should be enough for us to glorify God!
You are given much to do much to glorify God much!
God’s righteousness endures forever!
Look at the security He provides.
Glorifying in Security (vs.
10-11)
Our God supplies us with seed to sow and food to eat so that our harvest can be enlarged and our righteousness increased.
Do you understand that?
Let me explain it this way.
We have talked often about our sinfulness and how our dirty sin separates us from a clean and Holy God.
God’s plan is to provide everything we need to increase the opportunity for us to become clean and righteous just like we are!
Our God suffices! 2 Corinthians 12:9
The security we have in the Lord is better than any other assurance every known.
Our God sanctions.
What I mean by this is that God gives us His word that He will be our security.
In every way!
Why?
So you can be generous.
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