We have seen that prayer is the chief part of thankfulness and we were privileged last time to see the address of the Lord's prayer and what an amazing foundation! And now we move to the petitions one by one. We deal with "hollow it be Thy name" and the glory of God MUST be first and foremost in ALL of our life! The very chief end of man!

Notice we do NOT find a list of God's various names here as this petition does not focus on the names, but we notice that His names are comprehensive for all of His glory! All His virtues are encapsulated in the name Jesus as God reveals Himself in all His glorious virtues (salvation.) God in Christ removes our "scales" so we can see Him in all of creation and as a most eloquent book as we see His power and divinity.

We are called to be distinct in how we view all things. The world is created for HIS glory and so are we! The glory of God does not depend on man, but the child of God is concerned that his life, being, thoughts, and words may be to His glory! We are concerned with ourselves that we are sanctified in our being! Teach us to know who Thou art that our lives may be filled with praise to His glory! We must KNOW GOD in order to praise and hallow Him beloved. We cannot praise Him if we don't KNOW Him! Look at the cross, the scriptures, and all of nature and you will see God in all His power, greatness, majesty, Godhead and see as we hear today. We have an "awesome God!"

There is a result. That we may so direct our whole/entire life to reflect the glory of God! As a mighty orchestra as every instrument is ordered by the director to one glorious chorus and symphony so our entire life must be a symphony of praise to God! We may not blaspheme His name. EVERYTHING is from God....even the weather! Do we see the glory of God?! It is not man, me, myself, and I...but always God and our desire is that our life may be to His glory in it entirety!