“If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.”~ Mal. 2:2
The glory of God is the one aim and end of the saint's life. It is the main principle and rule for our very existence. The awful result of not doing so is to have God curse one's blessings, spiritually as well as materially. The things that God provides for our wealth, like the Jews in our text, can become our want.
King Midas thought it a blessing that everything he touched turned to gold, until he touched his daughter. Then the blessing became a curse. It’s a serious thing to not take God seriously. Christianity is a serious business. Cross-bearing is not for the frivolous! In Bible times, if you saw a man carrying a cross you knew he wasn’t going to a banquet.
God is not against “fun and games,” but in the midst of them we’re to remember the tremendous price He paid that we could enjoy fullness of life. Our joy and happiness came at a great cost to both the Father and Son. In the midst of the cheerfulness of a wedding, Jesus had the Father’s business on His mind. He laid it to heart. Should not we?
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
by an Aged Saint