“For who in the heavens can be compared with the LORD? Who among the divine beings is like the LORD? 7a God is greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and awesome above all those who surround Him.” Psalm 89:6-7 AMP
Today we are reminded of the heavenly realms of creation. Far too often do we fail to remember that there is an unseen world of activity around us. The reality is that the spiritual world is in all ways more superior and powerful than our current physical existence. The psalmist wrote,
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5You have made them d a little lower than the angels and crowned them f with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.} Psalm 8:3-5 NIV
When I hear about the vastness of the universe and consider all the great works of our God, I fell much the same way! Who am I Lord that you would remember me? Even that you created man (plural) lower than the heavenly hosts, You have elevated him over all thing you have created! I have always said that humility is understanding who we ae in the presence of who He is; “For who in the heavens can be compared with You Lord?”
The psalm reminds us that even in the heavenly realm there is an order and protocol. Look at the words used here, “greatly feared” and “reverently worshiped.” We see this picture clearly as the Apostle John gives us glimpse into the heavenly realm.
“After these things I looked, and this is what I saw: a vast multitude which no one could count, [gathered] from every nation and from all the tribes and peoples and languages [of the earth], standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Christ), dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands; 10and in a loud voice they cried out, saying, “Salvation [belongs] to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [our salvation is the Trinity’s to give, and to God the Trinity we owe our deliverance].” 11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the [twenty-four] elders and the four living creatures; and they fell to their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and majesty and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might belong to our God forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 7:9-12
All the power and majesty of heaven falling before the throne of God in reverent worship and man is still raising his fist in rebellion never considering how insignificant he really is! When our sight is in clear focus of the heavenlies, we are reminded that lest it before the saving work of Jesus Christ, we would be relegated to the flames of hell for eternity! The Apostle Peter put it bluntly in his second Epistle,
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be [in the meantime] in holy behavior [that is, in a pattern of daily life that sets you apart as a believer] and in godliness [displaying profound reverence toward our awesome God],” 2 Peter 3:10-11 AMP
So, what sort of person should you be if these things be so? Are you practicing holy behavior in your daily life that sets you apart as a believer? Are you displaying profound reverence toward our awesome God? I would encourage you today to take full advantage of your standing to enter into the His courts with praise and be the light amid this darkened world! Have a blessed day, Pastor Ken