Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

Devotion based on Revelation 5:11,12

Some years after his conversion, the apostle Paul found himself with an opportunity to speak about the resurrected Jesus to a crowd of philosophers in the great city of Athens. He began his message by mentioning how many objects of worship he had observed throughout their city. The Athenians were trying to cover their religious bases by having every deity known to man represented and honored in some way. Finally, in case they accidentally missed one, Paul observed that they even had an altar inscribed “To an unknown god.” He proclaimed to them that day that the one they were ignorant of wanted them to know him. The one true God calls all people everywhere to repent and to put their trust in his Son, Jesus, whom he raised from the dead.

Another disciple of Jesus, named John, was given a vision of God’s eternal throne room in heaven. Seated there in the center is Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who was killed as a sacrifice for the sins of the entire world. He rules from the throne, because he has been raised to life again and seated at the right hand of God the Father. From there, Jesus watches over his people, whom he bought with his own blood. One day, soon, he will return to earth to raise the dead, to judge mankind, and to bring his people home with him forever.

We are not called to worship some unknown and unknowable deity but to thank and praise the one who was willing to suffer and die for us. We want to give our best in service to him, and not just during a worship service on Sunday morning. Because Jesus our Savior lives, we see him as the one who deserves all our power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise.

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