Read 1 Cor. 1:18-31

Let’s face it—you and I are glory seekers. Whether we’ll admit or not, we all want glory for ourselves, and some work harder for it than others. We crave glory—we crave it from our bosses, we crave it from our spouses, and we even crave it on social media. Many of us can’t help but to chase those “likes” on those parts of our lives that we curate and publish for others to see.

Yet, one of the hardest parts of the Christian life is coming to the understanding that our glory-seeking ways have to be re-formed in light of who we are now in Christ. In Christ, we’ve been given a new identity. Our identity is no longer defined by things like our education, our achievements, our career, our socio-economic status, our marital status, our gender or sexual orientation, or even our race and ethnicity. Our identity is now wrapped up in Christ. If there’s any glory to be gotten in our lives, it’s only the glory that’s reserved for the one who died and was raised on our behalf. He is all that matters now.

As often as we can, we need to stop and consider the question: whose glory am I seeking—God’s or my own? And if the God of the bible can use rocks and donkeys to bring himself glory (cf. Num. 22:28; Luke 19:40), that should both humble and encourage you and me. It humbles us in that it teaches us that God absolutely doesn’t need all the things that we think are so great about us to bring Himself glory, but it also encourages us because it teaches us that God can use even our weakest parts to show off His strength through you and me. It’s never been about me, it’s always been about Him. Start re-directing your glory-seeking ways to the one who deserves it.