“For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain of-fering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of hosts.” — Malachi 1:11
When writing an email, a note, a letter, or a WhatsApp message, I tend to sign off what I have written with “blessings”, or “in Christ”. I have been thinking of adding another one to this: “May the earth be filled with His glory”. I had in mind the phrase we find in Habakkuk 2:14 (cf. Isaiah 11:9):
“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.”
Yet as I am writing this piece, I discover that I am beaten by the Psalmist (72:19) — he used my phrase long before I did: “And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.”
In our passage from Malachi 1:11 a similar thought is expressed. It is part of a corrective passage; sadly, God’s people at the time of Malachi forgot the glory of the Lord. This was obvious by their worship; read about this in verses 5–14. As part of the corrective, the Lord reminds His people that the day is coming when the nations who worshipped other gods than the One True God will repent of their sins, and worship the Living God truthfully, fittingly to His glory.
Friends, we are living these days. If you turned to Christ from your sins, and worship God, you are living proof of this. And there is more to come — many are yet the people who live for anything or anyone than their Creator; they do not know or love or worship Him. There is work to do for us, then; we are called to be truthful witnesses to the One Who made and saved us. Let us, there-fore, worship Him in Spirit and in truth, and make Him known in this nation and others. “Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.” (Isaiah 2:5)
May His glory fill the earth.
Calix
Pastoral Elder
March 2026
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