God's Glory Archives - Pastor Terry Lema's Daily Devotions

I have spent the last couple days looking at the rewards that we will one day see if we remain faithful to our Christian walk and those “good deeds” that God has given us to do. Yesterday I wrote of the crowns that God has planned for His own.

Perhaps the most glorious thing about having a crown in heaven is what we get to do with them!

“Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, the One who lives forever and ever, the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:Our Lord and God, You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created.” [Revelation 4:9-11 HCSB]

Many commentators see the Church represented in the 24 elders in this passage. And whenever these elders (the church) hear those “living creatures” around God’s throne begin to give Him glory, they join in … casting their crowns before the thrones to honor the LORD.

Then they begin to join those living creatures in honoring and glorifying God, “You are worthy to receive glory, and honor and power ….”

The only reason we have a reward, whether that is our inheritance, rewards from eternal works we do now, or crowns, is because our LORD and Savior went to the cross. He took on our sins and their punishment. He drank our cup of rejection and judgment. His work there overcame death and all the loss associated with our sin.

Our crowns should be His and one day in thanksgiving we will take those crowns and lay them at His feet. What a sight that will be!

The coming November presidential election is filling our airways and media sites again. It is even more divisive than the previous one if that is possible. Left and Right are screaming at us … vote this way or you will face these consequences. Everything hinges on voting, and the voting process itself is being threatened and disclaimed. Prepare yourselves, the rhetoric is only going to get louder and angrier. And, if you believe the rhetoric, the fate of everything hangs on who gets elected.

I am not a political person. I do not care for politics, to me it is a necessary requisite for my citizenship, but that does not mean I must like it. Nor do I look at politicians with any kind of expectancy. When I look at politicians, I do not see the source of answers, I just see the source of more problems.

The source of answers for me is found in a different direction. It is found in the glory of God and I see that glory when I look at my Jesus. “For God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.” [2 Corinthians 4:6]

I see the glory of God in Jesus when He healed the blind man, the lepers and the paralyzed man carried by his friends. I see God’s glory in Jesus when He gathered the children to Himself, when He pointed to the woman with the mite as the one who truly gave it all. I see the glory of God when Jesus raised the dead and returned a daughter, a son, and a brother to loving families.

I see God’s glory in Jesus when He told the one who doubted to touch the nail prints in His hands and feet and the piercing in His side. I see it when Jesus forgave those who nailed Him to the cross, and the thief who turned with his dying breath and simply asked to be remembered.

I see the glory of my God in each event, hear that glory in each Word spoken by my Savior and LORD. Therein lies my hope … not in the politics of men, but in the loving heart of the Holy One of God, resplendent in mercy, grace, and truth. Amen.

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