The Agora recently had a good piece on God's pursuit of His own glory as being a loving act. I guess it's like a kid who NEEDS to say thank you to his dad...the thanks (read: 'ascribing worth, glory', etc.) to the dad reflects the growth of the child's character, hence the dad would naturally long for the kid to learn gratitude.

Having said that, I think we should explore the concept of glory in Scripture, I've got a couple of ideas (nowhere near solidified):

1. God's glory cannot be divorced from His actions in history, this means...

2. God's glory, in the Biblical sense, must be 'tied' to something OTHER THAN his glory (e.g. His love, His mighty works), which leads to the (somewhat controversial) thought that...

3. God's glory is not a glory He has in Himself (apart from His works, self-revelation, etc.) i.e. He is not glorious 'simply because' He happens to exist as God (take it easy with those stones, huh? smile), but because He is a God who has shown and served and sacrificed Himself, etc. When thus understood...

4. God's glory will not be perceived as referring to that of a God "beyond God", thereby avoiding any suggestion that we know how great God is APART FROM Scripture, 'in eternity' somewhere, and so...

5. God's glory will be more carefully proclaimed and not be invoked for anything from people being unsaved to 9/11-like tragedies i.e. the 'everything happens for God's glory' argument (a poor use of Eph 1:11, IMO). God is

6. God's glory will never be in danger of being viewed as egomania, because it is always tied to His creation, His compassion, His grace in our lives.

Indeed, Soli Del Gloria. Because God is, and always has been, gracious and good.