1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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God had spoken through the prophet Isaiah and said that He would not give His glory to another! {Is.42:8} And then Jesus taught that we are to 'let our light shine before men in such a way that they may see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven'. {Matt.5:16}

John the Baptist who had such an anointed and important ministry emphatically said as he was speaking of Jesus, 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' {Jn.3:30} That is the goal for the Lord's disciples here on earth now—to virtually become invisible so that anybody who sees you sees the Lord Jesus. I am not the answer, you are not the answer, but we carry the answer: Christ in us, the hope of glory. {Col.1:27} Listen to that beautiful old hymn written by Helen H. Lemmel in 1922,
   "Turn your Eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face,
        And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
    In the light of His glory and grace."

So, the real danger is that in mankind's (read: our) fallen human nature men will often try to take the glory for themselves. Especially in the perilous last days when men are truly boastful lovers of self. {2Tim3:2} And that is perilous, dangerous indeed! Thankfully, the Lord's plan is that you stay hidden: “For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” {Col.3:3}

As I have traveled over a very large part of this world preaching and teaching the love of God and the Word of God for many years it has been very common for people to ask me my 'title' to which I will generally respond to by sharing the one that has most greatly blessed me—I am a child of God! That is exactly what He told me when I asked so long ago. {Rom.8:14-16}

Every one of us who has been born again as Jesus instructed, {Jn.3:3} is now new creations in Christ. Each of us with a mission and a ministry. {1Cor.12:5-7} And each of us ambassadors for Christ, representing the kingdom of God. {2Cor.5:20} The enemy and the world he holds sway over should not even see us. When somebody encounters an ambassador, it is not about that person they are meeting, it is about the country or the kingdom he or she represents. Every person you meet has come face to face with the Son of God and His kingdom in you. I pray that they see His glory in everything we do and everything we say!

"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14)

YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD