Heavenly Worship
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." —Revelation 4:8b,11 Lately, I have been struck by the differences between earthly worship and heavenly worship. For those of us who live on this side of the vale, we have to stir ourselves up in worship. We coax our hearts out to worship by reciting what God has done or is doing for us. This was true all throughout the psalms, and it is true for us today. "He set my feet upon a rock." "He forgives all my sin and heals all my diseases." Those, however, who sit in the very presence of God, who witness, and perhaps understand, the fullness of the Trinity, worship God primarily for who He is. The only time I have found heavenly worship focusing on an action is concerning the cross. "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain." Ra