Read today’s texts first: Ezekiel 12-14; Revelation 5
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
There is only one true God and He is awesome,
in the original and literal sense of the word!
in the original and literal sense of the word!
It is shocking to see how far God’s people had drifted from Him. In yesterday’s reading we saw the leaders of Judah audaciously worshipping their man-made idols in God’s holy Temple, thinking He wasn’t watching (8:12). They had become so used to blind, dumb, powerless idols formed by their own hands, they’d forgotten about the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God who formed them with His hands.
If only they could have seen what Ezekiel was seeing, or John, the Revelator, for that matter. God gave them both a glimpse into heaven, and what they saw was unimaginable and indescribable. What they were able to put into words is as hard for us to comprehend as it was for them. But we know two things for sure after reading through both Ezekiel and the Revelation - there is only one true God and He is awesome, in the original sense of the word!
John saw a scroll in God’s hand and heard an angel calling for someone worthy to receive the scroll and pronounce its judgments. When his search finally ended with the only One proven worthy, the Lamb of God, the reaction in heaven and earth speaks volumes:
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” (5:11-13).
Yesterday we talked about the transition of Jan’s mom to glory. In that moment every ache in her body was healed, any doubt she ever had faded away, every sacrifice she gave up for her Saviour became suddenly and completely worthit! “Lord, help me remember to live every day on this earth with the anticipation of standing before your throne and joining my voice with hers and the millions of others who are singing, ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slain!’”