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I want to show that God receives glory because He is sovereign over
all things. He rules the good and overrules the evil. Even when men
are unwilling to cooperate with the Lord, He orchestrates it in some
way to further His redemptive purposes on earth. However, there is
a special glory that He receives when a Christian submits
unconditionally to Him. I will attempt to define childlikeness,
surrender and a heart set on His glory. Through such an instrument
He lives redemptively. 100% everything that God sends or allows
in a dedicated Believer’s life is designed to help someone discover
the Redeemer. This glorifies God!

The Indispensable Principle

As we come to look in the Bible, there is a principle that we call the
indispensable principle and that is total reliance on God’s Holy
Spirit. We cannot understand the Bible unless He shows us Jesus
and only God can show the Lord. No human being, no teacher, can
present the Lord apart from the Holy Spirit. I would like to begin
with a Bible verse that ties into redemptive living. Psalm 67:7,
“God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.” The
Psalm begins the same way it ends. God blesses us so that the world
might be blessed. He doesn’t bless us to bless us. It’s redemptive.
He blesses us so that the world might fear Him. That’s why He chose
Israel. He wanted to put on display His heart. He gave Israel the
most and the best and the highest, so others could look at Israel and
see how God felt about them. He blesses us so that the world may
know. That’s redemptive.

Our Heavenly Father, we thank You again that we can look into
Your word. We thank You that we can depend on the indwelling
Holy Spirit to bring us to Jesus. Give us ears to hear and take the
veil away from our heart and eyes. Show us Jesus again. We ask in
Jesus’ name. Amen