“My Glory will I not share with another.” Isaiah 42:8
Have you been called to serve
Where others tried and failed.
But with God’s help and strength
YOUR efforts have prevailed?
Touch not the glory.
Has God appointed you
To some great and noble cause?
Or put you where you hear
The sound of men’s applause?
Touch not the glory.
Have you some special gift?
Some riches you can share?
Or have you learned the art
Of intercessory prayers?
Touch not the glory.
A watching world still waits
To see what can be done
Through one who touches not
That which is God’s alone.
Touch not the glory!
Author unknown.
What higher motive could there be for the husband to love his wife? By loving her as Christ loved the church, he honors Christ in the most direct and graphic way. He becomes the embodiment of Christ’s love to his own wife, a living example to the rest of his family, a channel of blessing to his entire household, and a powerful testimony to a watching world.
John MacArthur