“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Rom. 3:23)
Eph. 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (1Cor. 10:31)
“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” (Phil. 1:9-11)
“To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Col. 1:27)
As individual believers, as family households, as business owners and as employees, as local churches and as God-ordained civil governments, we are all absolutely obligated to do all that we can do for the glory of God. That means we are to participate joyfully, by His grace, in the light of His Word and in the power of the Holy Spirit, in the wonderful display of His goodness, His wisdom, His love, His holiness and His justice, in other words in His overall competence, within our own circumstances in time and space. We are to walk humbly in the obedience of our faith in Jesus Christ as our King over the Kingdom of God, bearing in our own lives the fruit of the Holy Spirit and demonstrating our love for God by the way we love and care for one another on His behalf. In order to do this, in order to do all that we do for the glory of God, we must allow His moral perfection to progressively overwhelm our own moral imperfections, so that it is His life that is actually being lived out through us.