Glory to God not ourselves

DJ puts a heavy emphasis on why Jesus did the things he did, all of His healings, all of his ministry, Jesus does to glorify the father. Jesus is not doing things to glorify himself or bring attention to himself but Jesus serves the way he does because that is how the father is glorified. Jesus's heart breaks for mankind as he sincerely loves us and that is seen in this prayer. But what blows my mind is that the way to glorify the father is to save others. Because really that is what Jesus does in his time on earth, He heals people, but he does not simply heal them to rid them of their physical sickness. Jesus heals people to bring them to faith with the father. Jesus cleanses them of their sickness that is sin and they are saved. And this is then greatest desire of the father, that his people would be saved and set free from sin. If anything shows God's love, man that is it!
When I look at this deeper my mind clicks into the further implications of this message. Jesus is on earth to glorify the father and He does that through loving on the people that God places in his life, and this is what he teaches the disciples to do, and through Acts this is what we see them doing. Starting with Jesus we see this movement in Christianity this shift on what it means to glorify God. Sure we can glorify God through a number of things, but what sticks out to me here is the father's deepest desire for mankind, bringing him Glory. What God desires for us most is to bring him glory. The way we bring God glory is through the same things Jesus did, humbly serving God and bringing people to him, saving people from sin. So let me rephrase that, what God desires most is the freedom of his people from their sins. God's deepest desire is for us to not live in captivity, I mean that is why he sent his son right!
I Love this, and at a glance it seems so simple, glorify God through bringing his word to others. But how often do we mix this up and put all the attention on ourselves. Once everybody has seen us and seen what we've done then we say, "glory to God". Or How bad do churches try to be different that the emphasis switches away from Jesus and on themselves. How often do we want to be the ones to bring a camper to christ, a driver, or a barney? Why does it matter? It doesn't, if God's deepest desire is for people to be free from sin then that should be our deepest desire. So if my deepest desire is for my brother to be saved then why do I want so badly to be the one who has that conversation with him? This prayer that Jesus has for us teaches me to pray for my brother. It doesn't matter that I am the one who saves him because he is in God hands. My prayer for him is that He would find his way to God through whatever means necessary whether that's me or something he hears on the radio station on his way to work. what really matters is that he is saved.
Going into this summer I so deeply desire for this mind set, that my number one concern is the spiritual well being of our staff and campers, not whether they like me or not, or how they perceive me, or how spiritual they think I am, but I want my desire to be that they come to their knees before Christ and see him in a whole new light because ultimately that is how I can care for them the best.