Glorify GOD

everyone has hobbies and as christians we are supposed to take our talents and gifts that god gave us and take them to the streets and use them to glorify god. Some of us can sing (a talent that i lack majorly ahhaha) or maybe its dancing, or writing.How do you glorify God in such ways? im glad you asked lol. glorifying God using your talents and hobbies is seeing the importance of GOD in the things you do daily. For example, in Revelation 11:13 "At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven."  The survivors of the earthquake saw the importance of God. Or in Romans 1:21 "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened."  Recognizing who God is (He is God)...causes us to praise and give thanks.  This is glorifying to God, too.

This leads me to ask my next question, which is going to completely contradict everything i just said. If we don't glorify GOD is it a sin to have a hobby? well me here is my logical answer: Who made you?  If you believe God did, then you're already giving Him glory. Who made you to be different than me?  If you believe God did, then you're giving Him glory.  If you believe that God made your differences good ones and my differences good ones with the intention that we would use them to do good, then you're giving Him glory.  That's what it means in 1 Corinthians 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."  We're not to use our gifts and talents and abilities and interests to further evil in this world, but to witness to how great our God is to give us such wonderful gifts.

So, for example, let's say God made you a fast runner.  You can use your fast running to steal stuff and run away quicker than the cops can run after you...or you can run in the Olympics and credit God with the great gift.  

So be faithful,  with this marvelous gift of joy in whatever it is you are gifted at.  Enjoy it thoroughly, giving thanks to God for the strength and skill to do it.  Ask Him to reveal ways you can give Him glory in the doing, in the relating, and in the testimony your life gives.