Day 7 - Week 32 - Revelation 4:11 "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."

How can you look at creation and not sing the praises of God?  How can you look at creation and not know that God not only exists, but that He is a masterful designer, a  God of artistic wonder --- for as I said in our first week of this journey, He didn't have to make it this beautiful!

But not only did God create a perfectly designed, artistically grand and  beautiful existence for His creation, but He continues, minute by minute, to sustain it all, for it is in Him that everything "has its being."  Loosely translated, that's "kept together."  Without God's sustaining power, existence of all creation ceases to be.  The balance of the universe is suddenly out of balance; the exact combination of all of human life's needs are no longer to be found on Earth...God is the One who "keeps everything together."  

So when you look at the night sky and see the planets in the sky, not one of them spinning out of control - praise God!  When you take a drink of water that is not to be found on any other planet, yet is vital to our existence - praise God!  When you scratch yourself and the next day you can't even find the place where the injury occurred - praise God!  He is doing a mighty work in "keeping it all together!"

God's will brought man into this creation and God's will supplied man with every need-- most importantly the need for a Savior.  His will sent His Son to earth to live, teach, and die...and most importantly, to be raised from the dead and to ascend and sit at the right hand of God the Father. 

And God's will, one day in the future, will send His Son forth to gather all those who believe in Him to live with Him forever...and that day we will begin to sing His praises eternally!

I love the picture Robert J. Morgan paints of that existence...

I don't think our life in heaven is literally going to be one long church service; we'll be involved in many things throughout eternity.  But whenever we want, we'll be able to walk up the broad boulevard in New Jerusalem, heading toward the city center; and as we approach the throne, we'll hear the music and feel the ground vibrating under our feet.  We'll join a song in sweet accord and thus surround the throne!