Not to us, O LORD, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness. — Psalm 115

I long to be a part of a generation that lives out of this prayer. I want to live passionately for the glory of Yahweh. I want my coming and my going to be enfleshed Gospel. I want Christ to be glorified in me. I want to be a part of a community that revels in the glory, the weight of Almighty God. This is who I am on my best days.

But far too often, this isn’t where I live. I can be so selfish, so prideful. I would rob God of the glory He deserves by craving it for myself. I make my ways higher than His ways. I know the good I ought to do, but I just refuse to do it, choosing instead to go my own way. I have a headstrong and rebellious spirit. This is who I am on my worst days.

The Psalms remind me who I am on the good days and the bad days and every other day. They also remind me of who I want to be. Today I’m renewing my prayer that God would be glorified in me, not for my glory but for His. May Your love and faithfulness be my breath of life this day and everyday.