Why God derserves the Glory and not you

Galatians 1:3-5 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen

In the New Testament alone there is over 120 verses that draw us to the fact that God is to be given glory.  The more I study the Bible, the more I see this theme of God being given glory.  It is there over and over again.  Not only is it there multiple times, when it is there, the context of the scriptures surrounding the verses on glory point to the glory also.

Now in order to bring glory to God, we must first have an understanding of what "glory" is.  Glory is something that brings or is worthy of exaltation, praise, adoration, worship, thanksgiving, or honour.  As you consider what glory is, as given above.  We must come to the conclusion that when you take that list as a whole, God is the only one who is worthy of glory.  One may be able to take one aspect of glory and attribute it to someone or something else, but again when taken in its completion - God is the only one that deserves all glory.

How is your life bringing glory to God?  If we are going give God the glory that He deserves for our lives we must be able to say along with the Apostle Paul, "And they glorified God in me."  That means that the evidence of what is happening in our lives must always point to God moving and working in and throughout our lives.  When things don't go the way I expect them to go, I have a habit of immediately trying to figure out how I'm going fix them. The problem with that is, when we begin "fixing" the situations that need fixing, we more times than not, try to take the glory for ourselves. The fact is though, we can't fix anything all on our own.  The wisdom that we may have, the knowledge that we may have, the skills that we may have - all come from God.  So if we use any of those things or any other things - it is God who deserves the glory and not ourselves. If we will learn to change our perception about ourselves,  we can start allowing our lives to bring the glory back to God where it belongs.