Aug 9

Revelation 5:8 (NIV84)
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
The “harp and bowl” model has been around for years. Simply put, it is worship and prayer. Before it was popularized it was around for millennia. Now of course we have places like IHOP who never stop and haven’t stopped the worship and prayer for over a decade.

Teachers emphasize how important teaching is, evangelists emphasize how important evangelism is, but the book of Revelation emphasizes how important worship is. We see in these 2 chapters (4 & 5) that there is a lot of worship going on. Many might say that since worship is in heaven, we ought to do what we won’t be doing there (worship). Let’s not occupy too much time worshipping and get out and do something for the Lord. I suppose I understand what they are saying, I just disagree. We are a Kingdom of priests and one of our privileges is to worship and pray! We proclaim Christ as King and reign with him on the earth!

Revelation 5:10 (NIV84)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth.”

We pray heaven on earth all the time. Jesus taught us to and we continue to do just that. Well, what is happening in heaven right now? I will tell you, worship! If we want heaven on earth we had better start modeling heaven and what heaven is doing – worshipping the Savior, worshipping the Father, singing new songs for the new things that He (they) do!

Revelation 5:14 (NIV84)
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Finally, I noticed this, everyone keeps falling down before Him. Again, do we want to model heaven? If so seek extended times of worship, develop regular times of worship, and when you do, fall down at His feet.