Call to worship

Revelation 4:9 says Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 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: "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."

It's a humbling thought to know that when we worship, the elders who surround the throne 'fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever'. (v10)

The way we live our lives; as a Lion, an Ox, a human and an Eagle (see yesterday's blog) - when we worship from every angle of our lives - the ripple effect extends to the most inner circle of God's throne.

Isaiah 6:1-5 is possibly one of the most well know theophanies; In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

What struck me when i read this passage was verse 3; And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
In particular the first 7 words 'And they were calling to one another:...'

The ripple effect of every part of our lives should be one that calls those that surround us to look to the King and fall before him in worship. (Is it safe for me to assume that if anything that has breath were to be found looking upon the King their natural yet almost involuntary response would be one of worship?).

So what do you call? What worship song resonates from the way you live your life?
Does your Lion face call others to worship? Not just the elders in heaven, but the person you sit next to at work? Because the effect of our worship is one that causes others to see & therefore worship the King.

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. (Revelation 4:9)