A few verses (from 2 Corinthians, ESV, emphasis added) on being a telescope (from Wednesday night's DVD: Blazing Center) to magnify God in our lives. We want to make His name great, not because of who we are but because of who He is, to show others who don't know Him how great God really is.
5For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. [Chapter 4]
18All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. [Chapter 5]
As Isaiah 26:8 (NLT) says "Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name."
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