Unending Worship

"In the center around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: 

Holy, holy, holy is The Lord God almighty who was, and is to come."

This passage in Revelation 4 is John describing what he saw when he was brought into the throne room of God. What he saw was four very funny looking yet glorious angelic creatures who worshiped God day and night, leading the elders of heaven into worship with them. 

This blows my mind. We humans were made to worship God. That is our main purpose. But we messed up. We sinned against God, just like the fallen angels. Now we see angels as these AMAZING creatures who far surpass ourselves, but the thing is, when some of the angles fell, God didn't save them. In fact, He cast them out of heaven forever. Yet when we sinned, He sent His ONLY son to die for us to redeem us! We truly are the crown of His creation! That's how much He was willing to sacrifice in order for us to worship Him. That's how much He loves us and wants to bless us with His presence.

The part that seems so crazy to me is He has those four living creatures, the elders, and ALL the angels to worship Him in heaven! Not only that, but they worship Him DAY AND NIGHT, forever, without stopping. Why in the world would God who has all that need us? Humans, with our half hearted worship, our distracted minds, and our sinful hearts. 

Well. The truth is, He loves us THAT much. He still wants us. Even though we can be so distracted with the world around us, He offers us a second chance everyday. We are so unworthy of that. But He sacrificed everything for us, so we could be holy. I think it's time to step up our game as humans. We need to live a life of worship. Now I'm not saying we should sing ALL day EVERY day. But we NEED to make worship a priority in our lives, so that every day our lives are worshiping him. Day and night. Because He is WORTHY. Remember what He did for you so that you could worship Him as you go about your day. No matter how much we mess up, or feel far from Him, that doesn't change how worthy He is of our devotion. So get back up, brush yourself off, and raise you hands to worship our king!