Who Gets the Glory?

I’m not finished yet with Billy Graham’s autobiography, Just As I Am, but my favorite quote thus far relates to who gets the glory for Billy’s ministry.  Billy indeed became a celebrity, meeting with kings and queens, playing golf with U.S. Presidents, hob-knobbing with the wealthy and powerful.

After an amazing crusade in Australia, Billy tells the crowd, “For what has happened in Australia, I want to give the glory and praise to God…I hope you will soon forget about us except to pray for us.  When you take pictures and applaud, I know it is from your heart, but you’re applauding the wrong person, you’re taking pictures of the wrong person; I’m here to represent Jesus Christ, the King of kings and the Lord of lords:  to Him be the glory and the praise and the honor.”

It’s all about Jesus.

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