“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”

— Revelation 4:11

6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

7 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.

9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

— Psalm 3:6-9

I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Lord God, the One being, and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.

–Revelation 1:8

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

— Colossians 1:17

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

–Micah 6:8

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and peace to you from our Savior Jesus Christ.

Revelation 4 records that the 24 elders in God’s throne room extol God’s worthiness as creator, declaring God as worthy of glory, honor and power. God’s sovereign rule and creative work cannot be separated. Because God made this world, He is sovereign over it. No human government or kingdom could ever rival this claim. He is the Alpha, and Omega, the beginning and the end of all creation. He established the world and holds it together. Everything exists in heaven and on earth because God made it; everything continues to exist because of God’s sustaining provision. Our lives are completely indebted to our Creator.

God’s majestic glory inspires ceaseless worship from His creation. Praise of God permeated all of Scripture. Worshipping God acknowledges His complete perfection and our absolute need to depend on Him. God is everything we are not and has everything we lack. For responding to Him, we humbly and purposefully concentrate on God and worship Him by living the way He intends for us. The true worship produces a posture of surrender that gives God the honor and exaltation He deserves. Hallelujah! Our worship of God is a moment-by-moment privilege that every Christian should prize.