Monday, March 12, 2018

Casting Their Crowns Before the Lord (Rev. 4:9-11)


SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 04/18/2005

 

My Worship Time                              Focus:  Casting their crowns before the Lord

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Revelations 4:9 -11

 

            Message of the verse:  “Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.’” (NIV)

            In verse ten there is a description of God the Father when it says of Him that He lives forever and ever.  The verse also tells about four living creatures giving honour and thanks to God the Father the One sitting on the throne.  While this is going on the twenty-four elders are falling at the feet of God the Father in worship by casting their crowns before the throne and while they are doing this they say “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”  This is the quote of the 11th verse in this 4th chapter of Revelations and it is one of the most meaningful verses in all of the Scriptures when it comes to real worship of God.  God is worthy to receive all glory and honour and also power because He is the One who created all things and it is because of His will that they were created and have their being.  This verse is about worshiping God the Father because of His wonderful act of creation.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  As I read this verse and others like it and as I want to give honour and glory to the Lord there are far too many times when I do not feel adequate in doing so, and yet I know that I have been bought with a price and therefore I should glorify the One who has made all of this happen.  Just as in these verses worshiping the Lord is a 24/7 experience and it should be the most important thing that I do.  I can worship the Lord in all of the things that I do each and every day, things like doing my devotions, and like whenever I am working I can do it all to the glory of the Lord.   

 

The Word of God was both refreshing and challenging, and also convicting to my heart as I read and studied it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  To remember the truth of Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

 

Memory verse for the day:  Gal. 2:20  I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who love me and gave Himself up for me.

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