Jesus directs the Holy Spirit to bring Him glory! If Jesus were less
than God, this purpose would be blasphemy!
To meditate/pray upon
John 16:14 “He will glorify me because it is from me that he
will receive what he will make known to you”.
Revelation 5:12 ‘In a loud voice
they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain to receive power
and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”’
Notice the way that it is the Son who speaks and directs the Spirit to
bring Him glory.
John Piper wrote on the rightness of God’s self-glorifying passion,
‘Is not the essence
of righteousness to place supreme value on what is supremely valuable, with all
the just actions that follow? And isn’t the opposite of righteousness to set
our highest affections on things of little or no worth, with all the unjust
actions that follow? Thus the righteousness of God is the infinite zeal and joy
and pleasure that he has in what is supremely valuable, namely, his own
perfection and worth. And if he were ever to act contrary to this eternal
passion for his own perfections he would be unrighteous, he would be an
idolater’
There is no coyness in the Son’s self-glorifying purpose. Only one whose
identity is God should have the desire for worship! Let’s have concord of
purpose with the Father, Spirit and Son in making Jesus our first love and
seeking to bring Him glory; indeed there is no greater aim that could please
the Spirit more! Jonathan Edwards wrote,
‘The
enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.
To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most
pleasant accommodations here. These are but shadows; but God is the substance.
These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but
God is the ocean.’
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