Revelation 4:9-11 – 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 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: 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
“9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever.” Today, right now, the angelic beings in heaven are worshiping God. God did not make them robots, but with a free will, for they had their opportunity to choose to follow the devil rather than God. Their choice to love and serve God was a conscious one. It was a choice to continue to do what they had been doing. Family, it is impossible to know God, to experience God, and to not love and serve Him. All who truly love Him understand this. Of course this knowledge, these innate urges, are grown as we become further away from living for the flesh and continually transition to living for God. The more important the Word of God being revealed by the Holy Spirit becomes to us, the more dearly we love God and seek to obey and serve Him.
John sees angels, who in awe and adoration attest to the singular attributes of God that cause them to sing “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” (V8). These sing not because they are handed a hymnbook, or because songs are put up on giant screens, but because the only reaction of those who love God being in the presence of God is adoration and praise. The closer we are to God, the more we want to praise Him. If we find ourselves not being to get into the praise and worship times at church, we will likely find that we did not start the day, and did not enter the church service, with God already the focus in our minds and hearts. We must, must, must start our days in praise, thankfulness and worship of God. It is the only way a saint should start their day. Victory for the day begins with humbled hearts and minds focused on God in the morning. Want to be “into” praise and worship at church? Want to receive deeply from the preached Word of God! Then enter into church with worshipping hearts. Let the love of God be the cloud you are walking on. Then we are ready to receive of God. Then we know our focus is on Him.
We simply cannot be loving God and walking in His presence without the overflowing desire to please and serve Him. So, the twenty-four elders being in the very presence of God, cannot help but sing praise and glory to God! Though the song of the twenty-four elders is also a song of worshiping who God is, though they are in complete agreement with the angels, their song is their own praise to the glory, honor, and majesty of Him who sits on the throne. They praise the creator of all things. The angels praise God Almighty for who He is. The twenty-four elders praise God for who He is and also for what He has done, for them, for us, and for all of creation. The twenty-four elders do not need to pick up an angelic hymnbook. Their song comes from the witness of God in their lives. It is their very own heart song. We all have songs of testimony and praise for what God has done for us, and for who He is. These songs burst forth from us as we are in His presence. We must stay in His presence.
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.