A
Lamb looking as though it had been slain, with seven horns and seven eyes, taking
a seven-sealed scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne,[1] is
a symbol so full of meaning that it brings a man’s heart to feel like a little
child who simply enjoys the wonder of something so beautifully overwhelming
that it is beyond words.
Long
ago, my heart was gripped with this statement: “Out of wonder, worship is born”.[2]
This is what I am finding in my journey
through the Revelation. Worship does not rise up from fanciful, uncertain,
man-centered interpretations that cleverly pit themselves against other
fanciful, uncertain, man-centered interpretations.
Rather,
worship rises up when our adult-minded self-dependence gives way to the
meekness of the child-hearted. When the immensity of the heavenly revelations
makes us feel so small, like a child entering the world of his dreams, then our
hearts begin to feel that wonder that is the truest worship of God. When we simply stop depending on our words,
or our thoughts, or our ideas, we are able to feel the overwhelmingness of
something beyond ourselves.
As
we feel ourselves surrounded with the gift of such grace, the awe and wonder,
the precious feeling of fear and trembling wrapped in Love’s embrace, we
discover that God has brought us to an emptiness that can receive his fullness.
We feel the wonders of being unworthy and of great worth at the same time.
Jesus
told a Samaritan woman that God is seeking those who will “worship in spirit and truth.”[3]John was “in the Spirit”[4] when he received the truth of the book of Revelation. We are invited
to receive the truth from the Spirit, in the spirit of childlike faith and
wonder.
While
there is great difficulty in trying to put into words the very thing that is
beyond words, the place of words is to testify to the wonders of worship in the
presence of God, something the book of Revelation is especially suited to stir
up within our hearts. That is, if we can sit back as a child and simply enjoy
the pictures.
From
my heart,
Monte
© 2013 Monte Vigh ~
Box 517, Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 ~ in2freedom@gmail.com
Unless otherwise
noted, Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible,
English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.)
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