A Win for the Master

His glory is great through Your victory; You confer majesty and splendor on him. - Psalm 21:5

Writing in the third person, King David spoke in this psalm of where he (as a leader) found glory. Interestingly, he did not mention conquests, palaces, possessions, or crowns, but instead something more eternal, namely God's victory, which should raise an important (convicting) question for us all.

If I succeed, does God win?

This is a question that checks the motivation behind every effort, project, goal, and ambition of life, but it also demands an explanation. How, exactly, do we define a "win" for God?

While all questions may not have simple answers, this one should not be too difficult. We know that we cannot claim a win for the Almighty if somehow He gets lost in the path or aftermath of our earthly achievements. We should only claim the "win" is His, if He is revealed and honored in, through, and after ou efforts.

Indeed, every leader's (in fact, every follower's) greatest glory only comes when the Master wins.

A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions. - Thomas Brooks