For this series in Philippians, I am going to limit each post to one verse, and hopefully produce a short, succinct read for my friends who follow.

4:20   To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Paul is closing this letter to his dear friends and begins his sign off to the church without any defense of his apostleship, as with the Corinthians, or warnings as with the Galatians. He is simply bidding them farewell with final remarks that should represent each and every believers heart towards those in the family of God.

Our lives, weak, crippled, deaf and blind as we are can be instruments to bring glory to God, if we reflect the only Glorious One, as Paul refers to in our final verse.

As we reflect the mercy, grace, wisdom, patience, love, joy, longsuffering and peace of the Spirit of God, glory can be translated to the Father. But as we receive glory, might we be in the way somewhat to the only deserving beneficiary?

Remember that glory belongs to God, and that we are simply recipients of grace, love and mercy from the only Source of life!

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