Monday... Each creation gives glory to its creator.

Monday... Each creation gives glory to its creator by doing what they were created to do. And glory means it makes the creator look good. So let's praise Him for the opportunity to do what we were created to do and to do it to the best of our ability.

Look at Psalm 148:1 - 4 (NLT), "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise him from the skies! Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all the armies of heaven! Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars! Praise him, skies above! Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!"

And then verse 5, "Let every created thing give praise to the Lord, for he issued his command, and they came into being." And He did it with each of His creation having a specific purpose to do and in doing that purpose He, God, receives praise.

Let's say you created a car and it performs at a high level. Does the car get the praise? Well to some extent but the creator gets most of the praise. Now what if the car doesn't perform to its best. The car doesn't make the creator look good, does it?

Now today is Monday. Each one of us was created by God for a purpose and if we fulfill our purpose our creator gets praise but if we don't then we make Him look bad. Maybe it is because we aren't doing His purpose.

The twinkling stars were created for a purpose but what if one of the stars didn't want to twinkle then in its space there would be darkness. By doing its purpose it gives praise to its creator.

Are you doing what you were created to do? And are you doing your best at it? Now here is the key, do what God has created you to do and then do your best at it.

Ephesians 2:10 (NIRV) says, "We are God's creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do." It all starts with having a relationship with the creator and then doing the works that He has prepared for us to do. And doing them to the best of our ability.

The last verse of Psalm 148 says, "Praise the Lord." And we do that by being the best at what God has created us to be. Praise is not just words but it is also doing. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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