Behold
the Spotless Lamb
"worthy
art Thou. . .
for Thou wast slain and didst purchase
for God with Thy blood men from
every tribe and tongue and people and nation. and Thou hast
made
them to be a kingdom and priests to our God. . . worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and
honor and glory and blessing. . . to Him who sits on the
throne
and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever
and ever."
Revelation
5:9-13 (nasb)
Take a look at this picture of worship in heaven. It never
stops! The living creatures and elders and saints are singing
these word forever. Worthy is the Lamb! Because of
the
radical, extravagant, and even crazy sacrifice of Jesus
Christ.
He lay aside His God-rights for a time to come be a man, endure all our
temptations, and yet live a perfect life just to die an undeserved
death of the worst kind; taking on all of that sin which He despised
most and tortured on a cross. He was forsaken for a time, and
then God raised Him to be the ultimate sovereign authority to display
His power and might at His right hand for all time. That at
His
name, everyone would worship! We see a picture of that
worship
here in revelation.
I wonder when the last time was that we just stood in awe of
our
risen King and worshiped Him for His sacrifice? That we took
a
good look at revelation to see the exalted Christ, back on His throne
being worshiped? Do you see the passion and the zeal the
heavenly
hosts are worshiping with? The picture we see in heaven is that His
throne is surrounded with rainbows and thunder and lightning and He
looks more like jasper and sardius jewels than a man, and his throne is
like emerald. The heavenly hosts can't get over
Him!!! So
much so that they NEVER stop singing and praising and worshiping and
falling on their knees! Does our passion in worship even
remotely
mirror that? So often as a worship leader, i see people
singing,
"worthy is the Lamb" with this half bored, disinterested look on their
face, as if they don't even know the King they worship! He is
amazing!
Think about this Creator God, who loved you and chose you before He
even made the universe. Knowing that you would worship His
creation over Him, the Creator. Knowing that you would
exchange
Him and His glory for a lie that something could actually satisfy you
more. Knowing that dead people can't have saving faith in
Him,
and so sending His son to die so that you could come to life and by the
irresistable grace of the Holy Spirit's drawing, see that your whole
life needed to be centered around Him in worship! Every step
of
the way, it's been Him! There's no room for bragging when you
look at the big picture. There's only room for awe!
There's
only room to join with the thousands upon thousands singing "worthy is
the Lamb."
Spend some time today just thinking about how awesome God is.
Let
it redefine your life!
behold
the spotless Lamb of God
who
takes away the sins of man
and
purchased with His perfect blood
a
chosen race from every land
worthy
is the Lamb, worthy is the Lamb
our
mercy seat who stood to bear
God's
holy wrath upon Himself
and
make an end of all that stood
between
us and His righteousness
with
justice led to victory
our
hope to stand in Him complete
rests
solely in our risen King
not
by our works, it's by His grace
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