God Being Glorified

Recently, there has been news about Haiti and how a huge

earthquake created so much chaos and death in the country.

Things like this bring about people to help those in need.

However, this things are what brings about people to ask us,

"Why? Why did God have to let this happen?" And what is

our response? "We really don't know why this happens, but

everything, for good or bad, is used to glorify God." I've been

thinking about this and trying to give some reasons as to how

He is glorified.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert of this topic; in fact, I'm far

from being the person to tell any of you reading of how God

is being glorified. It's just my own opinion, my own two cents

as to how God is glorified.

As we know, God deserves all the glory, all the praise. Why? He

is God, the Almighty and powerful Being. The One who saves us

from death. The One who is highest authority. How is He glorified?

Through our ability to spread the Gospel, to preach the Gospel to

those who do not know. We tell people about God and His saving grace.

Isn't that selfish? God uses something tragic just so that people can

know the Gospel, the saving story of our lives. That is hardly the case.

In fact, aren't we selfish? Selfish that we start the movement to

spread the Gospel after a tragedy rather than doing it before it?

Selfish that we are so immersed in what we want to do and not

wanting to know what happens out there? Selfish that we would

prefer our own comfort rather than being zealous to spread the

Gospel? Selfish that we keep this gift to ourselves rather than

spreading it?

Maybe this is a way to show us that we're not doing what we're

suppose to. Maybe to tell us not to be so inconsiderate about those

who are in need of life. Maybe to tell us that time is running out.

Again, I don't know what God is thinking. This is my own opinion

of why this may happen.

Sorry if it's long, but as I write this, I'm thinking for myself and

convicted of how selfish I am. I start to donate when something

tragic happens rather than just doing it out of generosity and

kindness. I start to pray for this after the tragedy despite the need

to pray for the unsavedbefore. I pray for my own heart that as I

write this, I consistently realize this in my own life and to DO

something about it rather than just write and forget about it.