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204 How Are the Christian Scriptures Confirmed by the Peculiar Glory of God?
is confirmed in Psalm 50:23: “The one who offers thanksgiving as his
sacrifice glorifies me.”
It is also intuitively obvious to me that if God’s self-revelation
obliges me to thank him, then the revelation of God’s glory is for my
good, that is, for my enjoyment. This is what I sense intuitively. Paul
expects us to discern this in the things that are made. And this is what
I do discern: if there rises in my heart a profound indebtedness to God
for the revelation of his glory, then I am a witness to the truth that this
revelation is good for me.
It is also self-evident to me that a gratitude to God that finds his
gifts pleasing but his person displeasing is not a gratitude that glorifies
him. Therefore, it is evident that in creation the goodness of God’s gifts
are meant to give us a taste of the goodness of God himself. In this way,
our thankfulness is a form of glorifying him, not just his gifts.
Therefore, I also know intuitively that if I find God displeasing, I do
not glorify him. Or to put it another way, if I fail to find God supremely
satisfying to my soul, then I do not glorify him as I ought. Or to put it
positively, if I do find God to be my supreme satisfaction, by that very
satisfaction God is put on display as the all-satisfying, all-glorious one.
Therefore, I know intuitively that the revelation of his glory is for my
ultimate joy, and that by finding this joy in him, he will be glorified.
This knowledge is given in the way I and the world have been created.
And it is confirmed in Psalm 19:1–5:
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. . . .
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
In this way, the created universe declares the glory of God. That is, the
sun rises in its glorious, blazing supremacy over the day. And what does
that signify about the glory of God? It is “like a strong man, [who] runs
its course with joy.” The glory of the sun is meant to be experienced as
the revelation of joy in God whose glory it is.
As best I know my own heart and mind, these things are known by