On God's Glory

I recently heard a theologically inadequate sermon about God's glory. The pastor preached on the text that God does not share His glory with another, implying that that means that we must always testify to God's goodness "in our own lives." 2 primary problems: 1) This preaching has no place for suffering. It can make no sense of God's glory shining through in the dark nights of our soul, in our identifying with Christ's sufferings, etc. But, as we can see through the connectedness of the mysteries of the Rosary, Christ's sorrows are connected with His joys, luminosity (!), and glory. 2) This preacher couldn't really make sense of the Christian's connection to God's glory. The preaching was a sort of "I must disappear so Christ can appear" gospel. Where really the case is that I must allow Him to make me truly myself, a self that wills in accord with truth. Really, giving God glory isn't just testifying to His glory (although that is part of it and clearly good). Rather, giving God glory occurs through our acts of willing along with Him (which, naturally, involves the necessary and rather painful chastising of our own wills). It is in us fulfilling our vocations and callings that God receives glory. He has chosen to receive glory from us--not just us talking about Him, but us living with and for and in and through Him.