Key Verse: Verse 31 – “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
Key Words: do all to the glory of God
The word glory means brightness. It carries the idea of seeing God; therefore, in all we do, others should see God through our lives.
Now, for the life of me, I can’t figure out how others can see Christ through us if we are “quitters” in our service for God. Our lives should reveal Christ.
We in the 60 plus generation have witnessed a lot of changes. We were born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees, and the Pill. We were born before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, ball-point pens, pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes – and before man walked on the moon. We got married first – and then lived together. How quaint can you be? In our time, closets were for clothes, not for “coming out of.” Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagens. Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne; and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent; and outer space was the back of the Riviera Theatre. We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and computer marriages. We were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings.
For us, time-sharing meant togetherness, not computers or condominiums; a “chip” meant a piece of wood; hardware meant hardware, and software wasn’t even a word! In 1940, “Made in Japan” meant JUNK and the term “making out” referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, “MacDonald’s” and instant coffee were unheard of. We hit the scene when there were 5-cent and 10-cent stores where you bought things for 5 and 10 cents. You could buy ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600...but who could afford one? A pity, too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable. GRASS was mowed. COKE was a cold drink. POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a grandmother’s lullaby, and AIDS were helpers in the Principal’s office. We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex change; we made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby.
To God be the glory!
What to do:
✞Don’t quit – be faithful.
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