Text: Psalm 145:1-13
Preached by: Pastor Van Morris
Main Idea: Parents are God’s agents, commissioned to point their children to the glory of God.
Introduction
We are born into this world with a distorted vision of God’s true glory. Glory signifies importance, excellence, worth, significance, beauty or weight/heaviness. Compared to God, everything else in the universe has no weight. We were created to be dazzled by God, but our vision is clouded by sin.
How Do Parents Cultivate a Vision for God’s Glory in Their Children?
God has purposefully created the world so that everything He made is a visible finger pointing to His glory (Psalm 19:1-2; Romans 1:19-20). He has provided an accurate, reliable record of His glorious deeds to commend to the next generation (Psalm 145:1-13). Parents need to cultivate their own vision of God’s glory so that they can pass it on to their children. There is an urgent need of a vision for God’s glory (Judges 2:10).
The Plot of God’s Glory
Children must be helped to see their place in God’s plot (Read Eph 1:1-18).
Application Questions
1. Read Psalm 145:1-3. How is this a reality in your own life? What attitudes and/or actions need to change in your life for this to deepen?
2. How would you explain the glory of God to a child?
3. What messages of modern culture undermine the declaration of God’s glory in creation? What would you do to counter those messages in your children?
4. How would you use the Bible to demonstrate God’s glory to someone?
5. Read Ephesians 1:1-18. What truths do you see here about who you are in Christ? How does this impact your vision of God’s glory?
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