Lewis: God's glory

Saturday, October 11, 2025
    Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
Meditation:
Who is this King of glory?
    The LORD strong and mighty,
    the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
Who is he, this King of glory?
    The LORD Almighty—
    he is the King of glory.
    —Psalm 24:8-10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word “darkness” on the walls of his cell. But God wills our good, and our good is to love Him (with that responsive love proper to creatures) and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces.
    ... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), The Problem of Pain, New York: Macmillan, 1944, p. 41 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 24:8-10; Gen. 17:1-4; Lev. 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38-39; Ps. 19:1; 29:2-4; 57:11; 72:18-19; 96:3-4; 113:4; Dan. 7:13-14; Luke 2:14; 5:12; John 13:31-32; 17:1; Phil. 2:9-11; Rev. 4:11; 21:23
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, a glimpse of You takes all power from me. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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