What drives us to spend time with him?
What is the true reason we live our lives for him?
Why bother?
Revelation 4 is about the vision John received about heaven. His spirit was raptured up into heaven and he "saw" a tiny tiny tiny glimpse of heaven, then shared it in this chapter of Revelation. A couple days ago, I read a verse from this chapter and it stirred me up : "11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." eI used it to worship God and a reason to declare my life to him even more! But as I read the same chapter today, I was a little blown away.
This chapter describes God's ultimate glory in heaven (as does the whole book of Revelation, I guess).
It describes the four beasts, the four and twenty elders, the sea of glass, the seven spirits of God, and more.
It also describes how we will in heaven worship God for an eternity (think about it) , we will never stop, we will bow down in complete humility and cast our crowns to the King of creation!
But why? Why does it have to be that way? Why bother?
I never necessarily asked those questions but, today all of that opened up a new door for me.
A lot of times I come to God as different things; the lover of my imperfect soul, my King, my refuge.
A lot of times my reasoning in spending time with him is that; He is my "husband" ( I would want to wake up to my husband every morning, so why not God), He is my comfort, fortress, safe place, best friend!
A lot of times the true reason I live my life for him is because; I know the reward in heaven, He has given HIS life for me, He has blessed me beyond belief and given me a second chance, He is literally my savior, without him I would be ..... you get the point.
What I noticed today by reading this chapter, is that , while those things are great to use as motivation and reasons, the GREATEST reason/motivation for praising, living for, spending time with, and worshiping God, is because He is holy.
8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
I wrote in my journal some of the things I see God as, and who He is to me, personally.
But then I took a step back and said, wait! God is not God solely because of who He is to me personally.
God is God because He is God. Holy, glorious, allmighty, king! Therefore I should wake up at 5am to spend time with him because He stands alone as Holy.
I should live my life for him because He receives all the glory and honour and power.
I should come to Him because He is God.
It might just be me, but I see so much depth to this!
When we get to heaven we wont need God as our refuge, husband, strength, fortress, best friend...blah blah. WE WILL BE IN HEAVEN. God is heaven, that is Him. That's it. There will be no crying or weeping or pain. There will be no human mindset or standpoint. When we get to heaven and embrace God himself, I honestly do not think it will be because He has helped us so much through our earthly lives, or because He , that one time, got us the job we wanted/needed so badly! When we embrace God on the throne in heaven, our spirits, souls, hearts with be glad not because of those earthly human things, but because He is God alone! He is holy, He is holy, He is holy! He is God, he is glorious.
This just puts into perspective for me, why I worship him (with my life).
I dont think it is wrong to see God as my refuge, my everything, my friend, my lover, now. Because I am on earth and I am dealing with these filthy earthly things...I need God as those things in my life.
But I can't forget that He , before He was all those things for me, was/is God, Holy, Perfect, King. He will forever be, when those needs fall and pass away, God, Holy,Perfect, King!
Ahhh. Thank you Lord for who you truly are, for your seating on the throne in heaven, help me to remember who you are in my life and who you will be forever, for eternity. I pray I won't get wrapped up in the "Lauren-mindset" of you! But that I will understand as you are everything I need and want, you are even then, so much more, you are God!
