Praise Series #30 To Him Be The Glory Forever!
Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.”
I thought this would be a great verse to end this praise series because it is an excellent reminder of all we have to be thankful for. I looked this verse up on the Enduring Word Commentary website, and this is what I found…
“Of Him and through Him and to Him are all things: “All these words are monosyllables. A child just learning to read could easily spell them out. But who shall exhaust their meaning?” (Meyer)
i. It is all of Him: This plan came from God. It wasn’t man’s idea. We didn’t say, “I’ve offended God and have to find a way back to Him. Let’s work on a plan to come back to God.” In our spiritual indifference and death, we didn’t care about a plan, and even if we did care, we aren’t smart enough or wise enough to make one. It is all of Him.
ii. It is all through Him: Even if we had the plan, we couldn’t make it happen. We couldn’t free ourselves from this prison of sin and self. It could only happen through Him, and the great work of Jesus on our behalf is the through Him that brings salvation.
iii. It is all to Him: It’s not for me, it’s not for you, it’s all to Him. It is to the praise of the glory of His grace (Ephesians 1:6). It’s for His pleasure that we are created, and we find our fulfillment in bringing Him glory and honor.
d. To whom be glory forever: The fact that Paul can’t figure out God makes him glorify God all the more. When we understand some of the greatness of God, we worship Him all the more passionately.
I love this because it reminds us that God had to do what He did to Adam and Eve. He had to banish them from the garden, but it also reminds us that He never wanted that separation. God didn’t want to be separate from us. He didn’t want us to have to go through someone else in order to have a conversation with us. God wanted us to live in communion with Him.
This verse is a reminder that the plan of our salvation came from God. He came up a plan to save us from ourselves. He came up with a plan for us to right this terrible wrong of our first parents. He came up with a way to bring us back into the fold so that we didn’t have to live apart from Him. While we were going about our business and thinking all was lost, God had a plan, and we didn’t know it. He had a way to save us. The plan came from the Lord.
The plan also came through the Lord. None of us is worthy enough to be the sacrifice. None of us is a lamb without blemish. This is why the Lord had to send His only son to die on a cross for us. He is a spotless lamb. He is without sin, and therefore a worthy vessel to take our sins to the cross with Him. Jesus was able to defeat evil once and for all, and as a result, we can walk with the Lord again.
There used to be a curtain (or veil) that was a thick, heavy barrier in the Temple that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies, the most sacred space where God’s presence dwelt. Only the high priest could enter beyond the curtain, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement, offering sacrifice for the sins of the people (see Exodus 26:31–33 and Leviticus 16).
When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain was torn in two from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51), showing that it was God’s action, not man’s. This signified that through Jesus’ sacrifice, the separation between God and humanity was removed. Access to God was no longer limited to one priest or one day a year—all people could now come directly into God’s presence through Christ.
This in itself is reason to praise the Lord for the rest of our lives. We now have direct access to God. Did you know that? Did you know you can talk to the Lord anytime you want to? You don’t have to ask others to tell God something for you. You don’t have to ask a priest to talk to God for you. You, just as you are, can talk to the Lord any time you like. I often ask others to help me pray for something. However, that is not because I don’t think I can go to the Lord on my own. I ask others to help me pray because I think the more people praying for something, the better.
Think about when you were little, and you asked your mom or dad for something. Did you usually get what you wanted if you just asked one time, or was it more likely if you asked multiple times? Also, did you get it sometimes if you asked, or was it better if one of your siblings asked? My sister used to always ask me to ask for her. She would say, “They like you more.” This was not true, but it did persuade me to ask when she didn’t want to. My point in telling this story is that if I have a prayer request that I really need answered, I will enlist the help of others to pray for it as well. Intercessory prayer, praying for others, is a great thing to do, and it is super powerful.
The Lord tells us over and over again in the Bible to be persistent. Sometimes this can mean that you don’t give up and you don’t lose hope. It can mean that you go back to the Lord over and over again, and you keep asking for the thing that you want or the thing that you need. Sometimes, it can mean that you ask others to pray with you, and you all keep asking the Lord over and over again until He answers your prayers. God is telling us to be persistent, and I believe he rewards our persistence.
The final part of this verse says, “and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.” God is the one who deserves all the Glory. When we pray, and people are healed, it is thanks be to God. All we did was ask. He did all the hard work. When we ask to forgive others, we make a choice, and then God comes in and changes our hearts. God is our protector, our provider, our healer, and the one who deserves all the Glory. If we ever feel like we don’t have any reason to praise the Lord, we can remember what He did for us. We can think about how He gave His only son to die on a cross to save us. Think about how hard that must have been. That in itself, even if He did nothing else for us, would have been enough. God is so good, and He deserves all the glory and praise!
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless everyone who is listening to this episode today. Lord, you are amazing, and we are so grateful you came up with a plan to save us. We are grateful that you sent Jesus here to die for our sins so we could be reconciled with you. We are sorry that we don’t think of this often enough. We ask that you continue to help us see all the reasons we have to praise you and to give you all the glory. We love you, Lord, we really do! We ask this in accordance with your will and in Jesus’s holy name, Amen!
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. Tomorrow night, I will start a new theme for Mentoring. If you have been thinking about joining, I encourage you to join today! The theme for this month is focused on anger and forgiveness. These topics are near and dear to my heart, and I think we underestimate how important they are. I hope you will consider joining me. Remember, Jesus loves you just as you are, and so do I! God is on your side and we are both rooting for you! Have a blessed day!
Today’s Word from the Lord was received in September 2025 by a member of my Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group. If you have any questions about the prayer group, these words, or how to join us for a meeting, please email CatholicCharismaticPrayerGroup@gmail.com. Today’s Word from the Lord is, “Would any of you forsake your children? I don't think so. And I will never forsake you or the mission you have been given through my father, myself, and the Holy Spirit. You each have a mission. And I will help you complete your mission.”
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