December 14, 2011 Your Will Be Done

Your Will Be Done
Read Revelation 4

Rev 4:2-3 At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it. 3 His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald.
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Rev 4:11 Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. For you created all things, and by your will they were given existence and life.

SUDDENLY the scene shifts. The current state of the church on earth has been addressed. Now it’s time for John to see the heavenly realm.
This vision is the first of two, the second is in Chapter 5. The two visions are about one truth: the God, who creates, is the God, who redeems. He makes his purpose happen through the crucified and risen Christ.
John sees the heavenly realm. The glory and the majesty have also been described in Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. The purity of worship amid the glory of God is unimaginable, described with mere words.
Verse 11 clearly defines that there is only one worthy to be the Lord of creation—the Creator. The Son celebrates the Father’s worth. In the words “on account of your will they were created” we see a look into the future. And what we see is that God’s will is the ultimate power in the universe. There is no doubt that his will shall be done.
This is our prayer. God will completely answer that prayer at the end of the age.


Pause and Consider: God’s will is to defeat sin through Jesus Christ.