“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do…”

Yes, I hear you completing it in your head, “…do all to the glory of God.”  Yeah, I know.  1 Corinthians 10:31 (NASB) is one of the verses in Christendom that I would call our “Bible clichés”.  You know, John 3:16, Philippians 4:13, 2 Timothy 4:7, and on and on I could go.  Christians just have these verses that we cling to and throw out all the time.  And yes, they’re great verses, but sometimes it makes it kind of hard for us to dig into those verses and really look at what they mean.  However, I’m not here today to argue about Bible clichés.  I’d like to talk about 1 Corinthians 10:31.

“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”  Most of the readers of this blog work in a church ministry every week, many full-time.  It’s very easy for us to say that what we’re doing is to the glory of God.  I mean, come on- children’s directors do Kids Church, Sunday School, mid-week, camp, VBS, overnighters, drama, and kids choir.  They have staff duties in leading the church.  Many even have families that they are teaching about God.  With a repertoire like that, it must be easy to bring glory to God.  Look at all that we do for Him!

Somewhere along the line, we got this misconception that stuff=glory to God.  It doesn’t.  We could serve God at 26 services every week and all of the other things we need to do and not bring glory to God.  Because you see, God could care less about quantity.  It doesn’t matter to Him.  He cares about quality.  If you’re not serving Him well at all 26 services, you might as well not serve.  It’s better to serve at 1 service and do it right.

I’ll be sharing my 5 guidelines for bringing glory to God in all that you do all five days next week.  Be sure to come back and check them out!