This is the day that the Lord has made....I'm up way before
the sun and I am praising God.
I read today's devotional, and I will look it up in the
Greek- Hebrew Study Bible but the Commentary (see bottom link) spelled out a
lot. Revelation 4 is John's vision, the animal denoting godly character;
after reading this I know that even though my walk, is at times struggle,
I am on the right path.
I've learned that the world will give you many titles and
labels...and oftentimes we "intellectually" reject them but we hear
them so often we begin to live them out....The thing to ask is : Who does God
say you are?
Our Daily Bread: 8.10.14
“Time flies when you’re having fun.” This cliche has no
basis in fact, but experience makes it seem true.
When life is pleasant, time passes all too quickly. Give me
a task that I enjoy, or a person whose company I love, and time seems
irrelevant.
My experience of this “reality” has given me a new
understanding of the scene described in Revelation 4. In the past, when I
considered the four living creatures seated around God’s throne who keep
repeating the same few words, I thought, What a boring existence!
I don’t think that anymore. I think about the scenes they
have witnessed with their many eyes (v.8). I consider the view they have from
their position around God’s throne (v.6). I think of how amazed they are at
God’s wise and loving involvement with wayward earthlings. Then I
think, What better response could there be? What else is there to say but,
“Holy, holy, holy”?
Is it boring to say the same words over and over? Not when
you’re in the presence of the one you love. Not when you’re doing exactly what
you were designed to do.
Like the four creatures, we were designed to glorify God.
Our lives will never be boring if we’re focusing our attention on Him and
fulfilling that purpose.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! —Heber
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! —Heber
A heart in tune with God can’t help but sing His praise.
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