Angel Worship
7
Things Angels Can Teach Us About Holy Worship
R.T.KENDALL
The
first thing we can learn from angels regarding worship is that angels adore God
alone.
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| The first thing we can learn from angels regarding worship is that angels adore God alone. |
The prophet
Isaiah was given to see with spiritual eyes what is going on in heaven all the
time. (And I cannot deny feeling envious of Isaiah!).
He
says, "In
the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and
lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim. Each
one had six wings. With two he covered his face, and with two he covered his
feet, and with two he flew. One cried to another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy,
is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory'" (Isaiah
6:1-3).
Everything
is done out of love for God. Whatever feelings angels may have for us, their
priority is the glory of God.
The angel
standing over you is on God's side. He is a messenger, and he is for you, but
he adores God alone.
And nothing will ever divert him from that loyalty.
The second
thing is that angels refuse to be worshipped.
When John
was given his glorious revelation on the Isle of Patmos, he fell at the feet of
an angel.
Revelation
19:10 says, "I
fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'See that you do not do
that. I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who hold the testimony of
Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy.'"
And if this
were not enough, John went on to make the same mistake again in Revelation
22:8.
And
he got the same reaction: "But he said to me, 'See that
you not do that. For I am your fellow servant and of your brothers the
prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!'" (verse 9).
This also
teaches us not to be impatient with people who give in to idolatry or do things
we don't approve of, but that the greatest service we can perform is to direct
men to God.
The angel
did not want any recognition or worship. He pointed to Christ—and in that he
was like the Holy Spirit.
We must
always seek to encourage others to worship God. It never does any good to let
people admire us too much as sooner or later we will disillusion them.
Third,
angels exist to do God's will. As we have seen, angels are God's messengers to
us, and they reveal God's will to us.
This is why
an angel sometimes has to do something that hurts us.
When
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, did not believe what the angel
Gabriel told him, Gabriel said to him, "And now you will be
silent and unable to speak until the day that these things happen, because you
did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their season" (Luke 1:20).
And at
once, Zechariah was unable to speak. You can't argue or bargain with an angel:
they do what they are ordered to do.
Perfect
worship of God consists of doing His will. The depth of our worship is not
revealed by how high we raise our hands or how high we jump when we get
excited.
We worship perfectly when we obey God.
A fourth
thing we may learn is that angels never tire of worshipping God.
And we too
will experience the highest joy throughout eternity in the sheer adoration and
worship of God.
Fifth, we
can see that angels worship the Lord Jesus Christ as part of the triune God.
They worship Him although they do not know the joy of redemption.
How much
more ought we to worship the Lord Jesus Christ, we, who were lost, hell bound,
and hell deserving, but who have been rescued because Jesus took upon Himself
the punishment that we deserve and died on a cross?
How much
more should we fall on our faces and adore Him?
Another
thing about angels is that they perceive the true essence of God's character.
They know that God is holy.
Moreover,
even though they have been in His presence and have been worshipping Him for
millions of years, the angels will still show great reverence for God, and they
talk to one another about God (Isaiah 6:3).
Shouldn't
we do the same?
The next
thing we can learn is that they perceive the extent of God's glory in the
universe. God's glory is everywhere.
The
angels can see what is there and if we could too, our worship would leave us
with tremendous confidence, for in the battles we fight, "there are more with us than
with them" (2 Kings 6:16-17).
Angels know
how to properly resist the devil (Jude 9).
They
rejoice in the conversion of the lost (Luke 15:10).
And so we
too should rejoice.
We can
learn from angels. And the more we learn, the better we will worship God and
the more they will rejoice.
Have you
ever thought that when we meet with other Christians to worship God, our angels
meet together too?
The more we
worship, the more they rejoice. If we could only see the expressions on their
faces, we would know if we are getting our worship right.
For that is
what we're after—to become true worshippers so that the glory of God may be
acknowledged on earth as in heaven.
Prayer Power
As
the nation pauses to remember and honor those who have sacrificially given
their lives in service to protect and secure the freedoms of our present and
future generations, remember to pray for the nation's current leaders.
Pray that God's
grace would be upon them and they would have godly wisdom to make the decisions
that will affect our nation and the world.
Lift up our allies
and continue to ask God for revival. Isaiah 6:3; Psalm 34:7; 2 Kings 6:16-17.
Adapted from Worshipping
God by R.T. Kendall.
Our
primary call is to worship God by the way we live and all we do. R.T. Kendall
shows the true meaning of worship as a way of honoring, glorifying and loving
God.
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lyrics
I
hear angels singing praisesI see men from ev'ry nation
Bowing down before the throne
Like the sound of many waters
Like the rushing wind around us
Multitudes join the song .
Pre-chorus:
And a symphony of praise arises
Tears are wiped away from eyes
As men from every tongue and tribe all sing
Chorus:
Holy holy, God Almighty Who was, who is and is to come
All the angels are crying "holy"
To the lamb who sits upon the throne
And a symphony of praise arises
Tears are wiped away from eyes
As men from every tongue and tribe all sing
Chorus:
Holy holy, God Almighty Who was, who is and is to come
All the angels are crying "holy"
To the lamb who sits upon the throne
I see one who's full of wonderEyes of fire and voice of thunder
Shining bright his majesty
All the colors of the rainbow
Circle him and fill his temple
So beautiful this is to me
[Repeat Pre-chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
To
the lamb who sits upon the throne
. 
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