Psalm 100, as many psalms do, calls us to worship and glorify the Lord above all else. Isaiah 43:7 affirms we were created for God's glory. It is clear and obvious that our purpose is to bring honor and praise to God and not to ourselves. What might be less obvious to us, because of our human-centeredness, is that God also lives for His glory. Consider Isaiah 48:9-11; "For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another." Notice how God acts for His own sake - for the praise of His name. God loves His people beyond what we could imagine. But He does not ultimately live for us, and we are not His central purpose. God's glory is paramount, even to God. We might then ask how this is not narcissistic, proud, and egomaniacal. The answer is simply that God is worthy of ultimate praise, and nothing or no one else is. We are not worthy of ultimate praise, because we are not God. We are not perfectly good or ultimate in the way God is. Therefore, if God were to make us the center of His existence, as if He depended on us, then He would no longer be God. We would be. And that would make God an idolater, giving His praise to that which is not worthy of it. Also, it is a good thing God seeks His own glory. Why is that? Because God is perfectly good. This means that when His glory and praise is sought, others benefit. When we seek our own praise and glory, it serves our own self-centered motives. When God's glory and praise is paramount, it results in good for others, because it is His perfect nature to be good and do good. This is seen in the vision of worship around the throne in heaven. There, the Lord is worshiped by all of heaven. And why is Christ worshiped above all else? Because, as Revelation 4:9 says; "you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation..." Like we sang on Sunday, His glory is our good.