“Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:” Revelation 4:9-10
Yesterday you started to see a part of the vision that John had of heaven. You saw the four living creatures worshipping God around the clock. Now you see twenty-four elders worshipping God also.
It will not be debated here as to who those twenty-four elders are, but it will be looked at what they did. Notice that every time the living creatures give any glory, honor or thanks to God what these elders did. They would fall down before God, worship Him, and place their crowns before Him.
Think about how often this happened. The living creatures were proclaiming praise in a single sentence over and over, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, for all time. Each time they finished their sentence these elders would fall down, worship, and lay their crowns down. Then they would get up and it would start over again.
Falling down is a laying yourself before God. When you are laying down you are vulnerable to those around you. You cannot defend yourself or fight back. You are at the mercy of the one before you.
Along with falling down they placed their crowns before God. This implies that these elders had some position of power and authority. Yet, before God, they laid down that position and authority. They yielded complete control to God.
These elders saw and understood the holiness of God. They did not take God lightly or as just God. They saw Him as God Almighty, the one in absolute control.
Today you need to lay yourself before God. Allow Him to have absolute control over your life. Make yourself vulnerable to God. Worship Him with everything in you. Worship Him around the clock. Every moment of your day realize who He is and who you are.
I pray that today you will be able to yield complete control to God; that you will lay down your own power before God; that you will worship God with your whole life; that God will reveal more of Himself to you; and that God will use you to build His kingdom.
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