What can we do but worship? When we enter into the courts of our King, when we see His throne, what can be our response other than to fall at his feet in adoration and praise? At our youth leaders' meeting this evening God came. Isn't that awesome!? We began just singing usual songs and then BAM we were facedown in God's presence. His glory was evident. His being was evident. His spirit was evident. We were in the throne room of the Most Hight, of Yahweh.
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All Mighty. The whole earth is filled with His glory." Isaiah 8
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All Mighty; who was and is and is to come." Revelation 4
In both these places where this cry is recorded, fearsome heavenly beasts are uttering it. Creatures that have a pair of wings with the specific purpose of covering their faces so that they cannot look at Yahweh. We were in His presence.
"Moses said, 'Please show me your glory.' And he said 'I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name The Lord. And 'I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But' he said, 'you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.'" Exodus 33
"And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell before him." Mark 5:6
That the same God who said to Moses 'men will die if they see my face' would also be the God to whom men can run is astounding. That Jesus would come to earth and say 'not my will Father but yours' and go willingly to the cross as a sinless sacrifice for our horrific sin amazes me, astonishes me, humbles me, grieves me, causes me to celebrate, causes me to fall on my face and most of all causes me worship. I am also reminded of the quote by John Stott, "Before we can see the cross as something done for us, we must first see it as something done by us." We turned from Christ, we rejected Him. I crucified Jesus. When I look at the cross after reading Revelation 4, I can do nothing but cry out that Jesus is my everything, that my worship must be my whole life offered to Jesus. That His will be done and not my own. I have to echo the cry of the heavens:
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!" Revelation 5
Then, as we draw to a close, God speaks to me and says: "You are my daughter. I love you very much."
What a God we serve.
