Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
August 30, 2023: SOAP #5018: Ezekiel 8-11; Revelation 4

SCRIPTURE:  Revelation (NIV) 4: 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 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: 11 “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.”

OBSERVATION:  As John is translated in his vision up to heaven, the first thing he sees is the throne and the One sitting on the throne.  The passage above gives us the activity of those around the throne.  As the Old Testament prophet Isaiah discovered, God’s throne is a place of worship.  (Isaiah 6:1-4) The closer I come to God, the more important worship becomes.

APPLICATION:  In John 4:23-24, Jesus told the woman at the well that God was looking for worshippers.   I do not want to be one who worships only when the worship leader starts the instruments and encourages me to join in.  I want to worship when there is no worship leader and when there is no piano or guitar.  I want to worship when I am by myself in the middle of the week and going through a tough time.  I want to worship because I am a worshipper!.

What is my identity?  How do I see myself?  More important—how does God see me?  Am I a school bus driver who worships; or am I a worshipper who drives a school bus?  Am I a pastor/preacher who worships; or am I a worshipper who pastors/preaches?  I believe that being a worshipper will enhance all the other assignments God gives me i.e. husband, parent, neighbor, employee, boss, etc. 

PRAYER:  Lord, I pray that you find the worshippers you are looking for.   Most of all, I pray you find one in me.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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