SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 04/16/2005
My Worship Time Focus:
Description of the “living beings.”
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 4:8
Message of the verse: “And the four living creatures, each one of
them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night
they do not cease to say, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO
WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.’”
(NAS95) “Each of these living
beings had six wings, and their wings were covered with eyes, inside and out.
Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy is
the Lord God Almighty—the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.’” (NLT)
These four
living beings all had six wings which were full of eyes around and within them,
and this could represent the wisdom of God, and it could also point to God
being omniscient, but this attribute is only reserved for God alone. Another attribute that God alone has is being
holy, and that is what these beings continue to say is holy, holy, holy, for
God has complete and perfect holiness.
It is good at this point to remind myself that the scene that is read
about here is worship, and that these four living beings may indeed represent a
number of the attributes of God as they are worshiping God the Father who is
sitting on His throne in heaven. These
beings are calling God the Lord God Almighty, and this name is used all eight
times in the book of Revelations, and only once again in the NT in 2Cor. 6:18,
but in the book of Job it is used as many as
thirty-one times. Job is a book
where nature is seen in it a lot and God has made a covenant with nature along
with mankind not to bring a global flood upon this earth ever again, and it
could be said that the elements of nature have the tendency to obey God even
better than the human race. In the 8th
chapter of Romans Paul points out that all of nature is groaning as they wait
for the Lord Jesus Christ to come and set up His Kingdom.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I look at some of these descriptions of
things seen in this chapter I can see ways of worshipping God, for instance God
is a Holy God, and for this He deserves my worship, and God is an all wise God,
and for this He deserves my worship, and God is the Almighty God, and for this
He deserves my worship.
The Word of God has challenged my heart as I read and
studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To worship the Lord because
He is Holy, wise, is everywhere, and is the only Almighty God.
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