The Glory of God (Not To Us)

The Glory of God was the first single released off of the album. It was released back in July, several months before the album came out. I love this song simply because all of it is about the glory of God. Nothing points to anybody else but God here.
The song starts off with the creation and how it all points to God's glory. Only God could pull off something so majestic as creating an entire universe out of nothing. To God alone belongs all the glory because of who He is.
Although the song doesn't mention it outright, there is another issue that came to mind as I listened to it. How humans often try to take the glory that belongs to God and redirect it at ourselves. Satan was cast out of heaven for trying to ascend to God's throne. In short, he wanted the glory that God received for himself. And out of this original sin, comes every other type of sin.
When we sin, we tell God that we believe we can do better than He can. We wish to bring the glory to ourselves so that people may be in awe of us. We love when people praise us or tell us that we're good at something. Just like Adam and Eve in the garden, a part of us wants to be like God. We want people always telling us how good we are or what an excellent job we did at something.
However, although there is nothing wrong with being praised for doing a good job on something, when that becomes the focus of our being is when it turns into something wrong. When everything we do is so that people tell us how amazing we are, we are merely seeking glory for its own sake.
Psalm 115:1 reminds us that the glory should always go to God. God alone is worthy of all glory. His presence itself should inspire us to always give glory to Him. We must remember that God is a jealous god and He shares His glory with none.