The Honour Principle

UV 358/10,000 I Samuel 2 v 30 The Honour Principle- one of the Laws of the Kingdom of God. 1Sa 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. The Lord honours those who honour Him. Conversely, those who despise the Lord will not be despised but will be lightly esteemed by the Lord. There are different ways we can honour the Lord: We honour Him by acknowledging our faith before other people. We honour God by keeping the Sabbath. We honour the Lord by paying close attention to His Word and obeying it. We honour the Lord in our relationships and our faithfulness to one another. We honour the Lord in our giving to the poor and needy. We honour the Lord by using our gifts and talents for His glory. We honour the Lord by having times of prayer in our homes. We honour Him with a commitment of faith that passes on from one generation to another. We honour the Lord in the consistency of our walk with Him. We honour the Lord by teaching our children the precepts of the Lord and reminding them to be faithful to the Lord, to remember His acts of kindness and to fear His acts of judgement. We honour the Lord in our workplace by taking a stand for Him in every day situations and conversations. How does the Lord honour us in return? He honours us by not letting our enemies defeat or humiliate us. He honours us by showing us divine favour. He honours us by fulfilling His Word and His promises to us. He honours us by remembering every little thing we have done for Him or in His Name. In 1997, the Lord honoured me by enabling me to secure in a nation-wide competition the British Scholarship for Excellence and Leadership on the occasion of India’s Golden Jubilee. As a double honour, we were presented to the visiting Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony in Delhi. I chose to give her a Bible for busy people invoking the blessings of the Lord, the King of Kings on her. Five years later, on the Queen’s Golden Jubilee of coronation, the Lord enabled me to secure the first ever Her Majesty the Queen’s Award for Innovation in Police Training and Development. Truly, when we testify to God’s goodness and faithfulness, we honour Him. Prateep V Philip