Whose Work and Whose Glory?

Every moment of every day I choose who I will follow. The Bible is the story of God’s work and God’s Glory. There are many temptations that seek to blind me and keep me from truly knowing God. As I read through the Old Testament I have the constant choice (like Adam and Eve) of whether I will seek to know what God actually says in the text, or be content with what I already believe or with what other people tell me it says.
“THIS IS MY WORK AND MY GLORY” is a good summary, not only of Genesis but of the Old Testament and the whole Bible. It is easy to see how creation is God’s work and God’s Glory. Many suggest that history shows the glory of man’s work. But in fact Genesis and the rest of history shows the shame of man’s continual unfaithfulness. God’s Glory is demonstrated in His repeated faithfulness. God has kept every one of His promises. He has been faithful to His covenants. The story of the Bible and the facts of history demonstrate that mankind has not kept promises to God, and has in fact been unfaithful to every covenant we have entered with God. The Glorious Work of God is His Faithfulness to rescue us from our unfaithfulness. Is the Bible a record of my work and my glory, or of God's work and God's glory? What I believe has both present and eternal consequences.
Is there a difference between “doubt” and “testing”? My strong feelings have been proven wrong many times. Even my spiritual feelings have been demonstrated as false at times. Just because I have good feelings about something being true does not make it true. Is the earth flat because many people feel certain that it is? The conflicting religions of the world are each affirmed by people who feel certain that their beliefs are revealed truth. There must be some more trustworthy ways to determine truth than feelings. For instance, I have no doubt that Jesus Resurrection is true. There is abundant real world evidence (historical, archaeological, textual, linguistic, philosophical) that when tested give me the certainty of the truth of it. I think it is probably true that most of us often rely on our feelings to determine truth. However, the more important the issue, the more it should be tested, and retested. Every wrong decision I have ever made began with a feeling that it was a right decision. If something is really true it should welcome both questions and testing. The Old Testament begins with "In the Beginning God..." The Bible from beginning to end describes the works of God. And it is all to God's glory as He rescues people from the lives of their own making. The great privilege of my LIFE is to work at glorifying God by enjoying Him and His amazingly gracious works.