Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Sometimes we worry about boasting, because we know, in our heart of hearts, that we don't deserve the praise that goes with that boasting. We aren't really that great. We don't really deserve all of that credit. There were many people, circumstances and other factors which led to the success that we've enjoyed. So, rather than shout our own praises, we sit quiet and hope that someone else notices what we've done.
In this scene, we have millions of angels flying around the throne of God and essentially saying: "Whatever praises could be imagined, you deserve it." Sometimes it must get tiring being God, doing all this good stuff like maintaining the universe and handing out blessings and orchestrating salvation and no one seems to notice. But in this heavently scene, everyone gets it and they are not quiet about who should get all of the credit.
I like to imagine myself in this scene, down in the bottom left corner of heaven, doing my bit to give God all of the credit. I guess I could even start today.
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