Psalm 148:13 ... Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his
name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and
heaven.
Exhortation: (Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet)
Human beings want their own name to be excellent. So humans often go to great length to honor their own names. They want to be held in high regard among other men. They often base what they do in what other humans will think of them. Rarely do they consider what God thinks of them.
Herod is one example of a man who greatly desired reputation among men and honored his own word above that which was right in the sight of God.
Mt. 14 ... At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. 4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. 9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. 10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
To serve God, we have to lay down our own lives and our own reputations among men. We have to focus on one thing only: What does God want me to do and say?
Jesus said ... Jn. 5:44 ... How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?