(DCLM) Daily Manna Worship God Friday, October 31, 2025

(DCLM) Daily Manna Worship God Friday, October 31 2025

Key Verse

“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created” (Revelation 4:10,11).

TEXT — Revelation 4:1-11

Message

Eric Liddell, a devout Christian and Scottish athlete, famously demonstrated his commitment to God above all else during the 1924 Paris Olympics. Despite being favoured to win the 100 meters, Liddell refused to compete because the heats were scheduled on a Sunday, a day he dedicated to worship and rest. Instead, he competed in the 400 meters, a race for which he was not the favourite.

Liddell won the gold medal, breaking the existing Olympic and world records. His unwavering faith and the decision to honour God over personal glory exemplified the true worship of the glorious King. They served as an inspiration for contemporary Christians to prioritise God above other things. Our passage draws attention to God’s excellence and majestic awesomeness, who deserves our reverential worship all the time, even beyond the outward act demonstrated by Eric Liddell. Five things that are bound up in the act and demonstration of true worship come to focus here: the vision of the glorious and holy God sitting on the throne in heaven, the vision of the twenty-four elders (representing the raptured church) seated on twenty-four thrones round the throne of the Almighty God whose appearance was like a jasper and a sardine stone. The seven spirits of God describe the fulness and completeness of the Holy Spirit, the third Person in the Godhead. Then, there is the vision of four living creatures around the throne, portraying the importance of worshipping God by all the hosts of heaven.

Unarguably, God only deserves our worship and adoration. To Him indeed belongs all the glory, honour, and power, for He has created all things for His pleasure. We notice the imagery of purity circumscribing and embellishing this glorious scenario both in the clothing and attitude of these heavenly hosts. The white clothing of the 24 elders signifies the righteousness of saints. Those qualified to reign in heaven with Christ and participate in this glorious worship obligation must be blameless and purified from all corruption. Holiness is a most significant nature and attribute of the triune God. All who desire and hope to spend eternity with God in heaven must possess this gracious purity through genuine salvation from sins and sanctification or circumcision of the heart. It is the holiness without which no one can see God.

Thought for the day

Saints in heaven have only one preoccupation: worshipping God.

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About Author – Pastor W.F. Kumuyi

Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.