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Revelation 4: 11 (NIV)
“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.”
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| The . . . earth itself is . . . named as a witness of God's existence and his goodness. . . . The order and symmetry of the universe, the marvelous balance in nature, the incredible complexity and efficiency of the natural world, and the heavens which declare the glory of God, are all witness of the glory of God; and yet . . . none of these things tells men anything of God's love.* |
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One
summer, my camp “crush” was a boy that my friend thought was conceited. I told
her I didn’t mind that he thought he was great because I thought he was, too.
On a much grander scale, I think of God that way. It is not ego that makes him
demand that we glorify and honor him; it is his worthiness that compels us.
What
makes him worthy? If his power was the only attribute employed on our behalf,
he would be worthy of our awe. From nothing, he created everything. Of all the
advances of modern science, none can top that. But his power accompanied by
his love is a combination beyond description or understanding. Without his
power, his love could not have saved us from our sins. Without his love, he
would never have used his power to save us.
It
was God’s will to bring all things into existence and that is all I know about
his reasons. It was also his will to provide for our redemption. Again, I
confess to ignorance of his reasons but I know that his power and his love were
combined in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that is all I need to know to declare
him worthy of praise.
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| Love undergirds all of God’s attributes.* |
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