Written by Tòmíwá Olúyínká
God’s intention since the beginning was for us to share in His glory. He created Adam and Eve as a fulfilment of this, but through their disobedience came the great tragedy of God’s plans for humankind. But redemption came. Through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, glory was restored. In Christ, we are once again partakers in the glory of God if we believe and live according to His word.
But what does it mean to truly live? What is the glory of God? Who is God?
Rev. Dr. Olanrewaju Olorunniyi opened the Stewardship Revival with a powerful message titled Living for the Glory of God, answering these foundational questions succinctly.
To live, he explained, is to have an impactful existence according to God’s purpose. God created you for a purpose, and that purpose is to exhibit His glory to the world. Your role is to understand the mind of God and live in alignment with His plan for your existence.
The Glory of God resides in everything He created. (Psalms 8:3-5; Isaiah 4:5) Through Jesus Christ, you share in God’s glory. Everything you do should be to the glory of God, because if you have something that does not glorify God, your life is not living on the purpose for which you were created.
God is a jealous God. In the recitation of the 10 commandments, the first says: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”(Exodus 20:3). “Who is at the peak of your mind? How do you intend to share in the glory of God if your attention is on something else?” Rev. Olorunniyi asked the church. It is when God is your greatest focus that you can share in His excellent glory. God should take first place in your life at all times if you’re living for him.
You have a template — Jesus. “To live for God’s purpose requires sitting with yourself and asking: what would Jesus do? Would Jesus do the things you’re doing? Jesus was confident to ask that God glorify him (John 17:5), because He had fulfilled His Father’s will on earth just as it is in heaven,” Rev Olorunniyi admonished the church.
In closing, he asked the church again, “Do you have the same confidence as Jesus? Are you living your life contrary to the things of heaven? Who owns you? The first step to living in the Glory of God is to recognise, to respect, and to follow the absolute ownership of God.”
Experience the full sermon here
Written by Tòmíwá Olúyínká
Written by Kelani Omótóyòsí
Ipinu Ọlọ́run láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ni pé ká lè kópa nínú ògo rẹ̀. Ó dá Ádámù àti Éfà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmúṣẹ fun eyí, ṣùgbọ́n nípasẹ̀ àìgbọ́ràn wọn ni ìbànújẹ ńlá kan dé bá èto Ọlọ́run fún aráyé. Ṣùgbọ́n ìràpadà wá. Nípasẹ̀ ìbí, ìgbé ayé, ikú àti àjíǹde Jesu Kristi, a tún dá ògo padà. Nínú Kristi, a tún di alábàápín nínú ògo Ọlọ́run lẹ́ẹ̀kansi bí a bá gbà gbọ́, tí a sì ń gbé gẹ́gẹ́ bí orọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ṣùgbọ́n kí ni ìtumọ̀ láti wà láàyè ní tòótọ́? Kí ni ògo Ọlọ́run? Ta ni Ọlọ́run?
Alufa Olanrewaju Olorunniyi ṣí Ìsoji ti Ìriju sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú iwasu to lagbara ti akori re je “Gbigbé Ayé fún Ògo Ọlọ́run,” níbi tí ó ti dáhùn àwọn ìbéèrè ìpilẹ̀ wọ̀nyí ní kíkún ṣùgbọ́n ní ṣókí.
Láti wà láàyè, wón ṣàlàyé, ni láti ní ìgbé ayé tó ní ìtẹ́síwájú gẹ́gẹ́ bí ipinu Ọlọ́run. Ọlọ́run dá ọ fún ipinu kan pàtó, ète náà sì ni láti fi ògo rẹ̀ hàn sí ayé. Ìpò rẹ ni láti mọ ọkàn Ọlọ́run, kí o sì gbé ayé rẹ ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú ètò rẹ̀ fún ìwàláàyè rẹ.
Ògo Ọlọ́run wà nínú gbogbo ohun tí o dá. (Sámueli ori kejo, ese keta si kaarun; Aísáyà kerin ori kaarun) Nípasẹ̀ Jésù Kristi, o ní ìpín nínú ògo Ọlọ́run. Gbogbo ohun tí o bá ń ṣe gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ́ fún ògo Ọlọ́run, nítorí bí o bá ní ohun kan tí kì í ṣe fún ìyìn àti ògo Ọlọ́run, ìgbésí ayé rẹ kò ń gbé ní ìdí àti ète tí a fi dá ọ sí.
Ọlọ́run jẹ́ Ọlọ́run owú. Nínú kika awon ofin mewa, àṣẹ àkọ́kọ́ wí pé: “Má ṣe ní ọlọ́run mìíràn níwájú mi” (Ẹ́ksódù ori ogun, ese keta). “Ta ni ó wà lórí oókan aya rẹ? Báwo ni o ṣe fẹ́ ní ìpín nínú ògo Ọlọ́run bí akiyesi rẹ bá wà lórí ohun mìíràn?” Alufa. Olorunniyi béèrè lọ́wọ́ ìjọ. Nígbà tí Ọlọ́run bá jẹ́ oun ti o n lepa leyi tó ga jù lọ ni o lè kópa nínú ògo rẹ̀ tí ó lágbára. Ọlọ́run gbọ́dọ̀ gba ipò àkọ́kọ́ nínú ayé rẹ ní gbogbo àkókò bí o bá ń gbé fún un.
O ní awose – Jésù. “Láti gbé fún ipinu Ọlọ́run, ó nílò kí o jókòó pẹ̀lú ara rẹ kí o sì bi ara rẹ pé: kí ni Jésù yóò ṣe? Ṣé Jésù yóò ṣe àwọn ohun tí ìwọ ń ṣe? Jésù ní ìgboyà láti bẹ Ọlọ́run pé kí Ó fi ògo fún un (Jòhánù ori ketadinlogun ese kaarun), nítorí pé Ó ti mú ìfẹ́ Baba rẹ ṣẹ lórí ayé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti rí ní ọ̀run,” ni Alufa Olorunniyi rọ ìjọ náà.
Ní ìparí, wón tún béèrè lọ́wọ́ ìjọ pé, “Ṣé ẹ ní ìgboyà kan náà bí ti Jésù? Ṣé ẹ ń gbé ayé yín lòdì sí ohun ti ti ọ̀run ni? Ta ni ó ní yín? Ìgbésẹ̀ àkọ́kọ́ sí gbígbé nínú Ògo Ọlọ́run ni láti mọ̀, láti bọ̀wọ̀ fún, àti láti tẹ̀lé ohun ìní pípé ti Ọlọ́run.”
E wo iwasu lekun rere nibi.
Written by Kelani Omótóyòsí
