Revelation 7: 9 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”
Dear God,
I am truly glad to love You and to be counted as Your child, every day, but especially this morning. It is a sweet experience to read Your word, not only for what I learn as I come closer to You, but the experience makes me joyful and happy. I have prayed for understanding and direction from the Holy Spirit, and give thanks that my prayer was answered. In Revelation 7, I read of the 144,000 who will be chosen from the 12 tribes of Israel. Then I read of the great multitude that would not be numbered referred to in V 9, as given in my beginning text. How good it is to know that many, many peoples from earth, will have been victorious, for they overcame in the power given from heaven, and when they arrive in heaven, they give praise and honour, V 10 “And crying out with a loud voice, saying ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.’” Again as written in Revelation 6, all the angels, the elders and the 4 living creatures, are so filled with reverence and praise toward God, The Father and His Son, that they once again fall upon their faces before the throne and gave worship, V 12 “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be to our God forever and ever, Amen.”
I find these praises, to be so beautiful, and I long to be in heaven one day, and to voice them along with thousands of the redeemed from earth. This heavenly praise and honour toward God, the Father and Son, will not be a new experience for the redeemed when in heaven, for those in the multitude loved and depended upon God the Father and Son, whilst on earth, V 14 “…..These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
God, I pray that I will not be unheeding of Your every blessing and provision, and then refrain from giving You honour and words of praise. Again today fill my mind and mouth with genuine praise and honour in my private conversations with You, and with other people when there is opportunity.
I also pray that I will faithfully follow my Shepherd and do Your will, so that I will be befitted to love and follow my Shepherd in heaven.
Amen