365 Ways to Know God by Elmer Towns
(Devotional Readings on the Names of God)
January 3
JESUS: WORTHY
You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for
You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.
Revelation 4:11
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches
and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!
Revelation 5:12
Jesus is Worthy to receive our worship for two extraordinary reasons: First, we should worship Jesus because He is the Omnipotent Creator, and “without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:3). Jesus has given us life, purpose and existence because we were created in His image. Because of His creative act at the beginning of the world, all created beings—angels and redeemed souls—cry out praise and adoration to Jesus. Have given Him praise and adoration on Earth?
Lord Jesus, I cry, ‘Holy, holy, holy,’ for Your awesome
power that created me. You are worthy to receive my
praise for Your saving grace, which redeemed me.
Jesus is Worthy for another reason—His sacrificial death for all people and His pardon of your sin specifically. Jesus was not worthy of a cruel death, but still He chose to die for you. The One who had great glory and power in Heaven became Worthy of even more adoration because He purchase redemption on the cross. John wept because he thought no one was Worthy to open and read the scroll, in other words, the scroll was the title deed to Heaven and Earth. But the Lord stepped forth to do it, because He was qualified to do so (Revelation 5:4, 8-10). That makes Jesus Worthy of all praise in Heaven and earth.
Lord Jesus, I fall down at Your feet to cry, ‘Worthy is the Lamb,”
because You created all things. You are Worthy to open the scroll
because You redeemed me. Amen.
Reading: Revelation 4
Key Thought: As Creator and Redeemer, Jesus is Worthy of our praise.
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