"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because You created all things, and on account of Your will they came into existence and were created." Rev. 4:11.
The three great philosophical questions of life are: Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? We observe all three questions in play in Revelation 4 and 5, and nowhere more so than in this text.
Why are we here? To participate in continual, grateful, worshipful response to the God who made us.
Where did we come from? We all began in the mind and heart of God, who put shape on His thoughts when He created us.
Where are we going? To live with Him forever in a universe filled with love and peace.
What a wonderful framework to live by! How much better is Revelation's view of the world than one in which people answer the three great philosophical questions with a shrug!
Without the insights of God's revelations, we would be tempted to believe that we all ultimately descended from single-cell creatures in primordial mud. "Like father, like son" is a frightening concept when combined with that kind of past. Evolutionary science responds to the "Where did we come from? and "Why are we here? questions with something like "Whatever." I'd rather know I originated with a thought in the mind of a loving God who wants me to live with a sense of purpose and meaning.
Without the insights of God's revelations, the future looks dark indeed. Science warns us that--given enough time--a collision between earth and a comet or asteroid is extremely likely. As recently as 1908 a meteorite only 50 meters across laid waste hundreds of square miles in Siberia. Had the meteorite been the size of the asteroid that recently passed closer to earth than the moon, it would have devastated much of the Eurasian land mass. Other perils also threaten us--such things as viral mutations and weapons of mass destruction. And even if we survive those threats, the sun will one day explode into a nova that will melt the planet and everything in it back to the core elements.
Many take the Christian worldview for granted. They aren't conscious of the degree to which it provides stability and meaning to life. Without that worldview, eating and drinking, waking and sleeping, tend to become empty routines, devoid of purpose.
Lord, help me not to take you for granted. Open my eyes to the ultimate purpose of my existence. May I make a difference in someone's life today.
The three great philosophical questions of life are: Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? We observe all three questions in play in Revelation 4 and 5, and nowhere more so than in this text.
Why are we here? To participate in continual, grateful, worshipful response to the God who made us.
Where did we come from? We all began in the mind and heart of God, who put shape on His thoughts when He created us.
Where are we going? To live with Him forever in a universe filled with love and peace.
What a wonderful framework to live by! How much better is Revelation's view of the world than one in which people answer the three great philosophical questions with a shrug!
Without the insights of God's revelations, we would be tempted to believe that we all ultimately descended from single-cell creatures in primordial mud. "Like father, like son" is a frightening concept when combined with that kind of past. Evolutionary science responds to the "Where did we come from? and "Why are we here? questions with something like "Whatever." I'd rather know I originated with a thought in the mind of a loving God who wants me to live with a sense of purpose and meaning.
Without the insights of God's revelations, the future looks dark indeed. Science warns us that--given enough time--a collision between earth and a comet or asteroid is extremely likely. As recently as 1908 a meteorite only 50 meters across laid waste hundreds of square miles in Siberia. Had the meteorite been the size of the asteroid that recently passed closer to earth than the moon, it would have devastated much of the Eurasian land mass. Other perils also threaten us--such things as viral mutations and weapons of mass destruction. And even if we survive those threats, the sun will one day explode into a nova that will melt the planet and everything in it back to the core elements.
Many take the Christian worldview for granted. They aren't conscious of the degree to which it provides stability and meaning to life. Without that worldview, eating and drinking, waking and sleeping, tend to become empty routines, devoid of purpose.
Lord, help me not to take you for granted. Open my eyes to the ultimate purpose of my existence. May I make a difference in someone's life today.
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