Worship Leaders

By Katelyn J. Dixon

Read: Revelation 4:1-11

“Day and night they never cease to say, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty!’” (v. 8)

As a writer, I sometimes wish that God would give me clear directions as to what I should write. It would be much easier not to have to wrestle with the right words.

Exiled on the island of Patmos for sharing the gospel, the apostle John doesn’t have to wrestle. Instead, God said, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches” before proceeding to provide John with all the writing content he could ask for (Rev. 1:11). 

What John sees and records is truly apocalyptic — meaning, revealing the end times. John’s book of God-given revelations contains more references to angels than any book of the Bible, and in today’s passage we find seraphim angels in the throne room carrying out one of their most important roles: worshiping God. Seraphim is a plural Hebrew word that means “burning ones,” and although seraphim have a unique role and function, I wonder: how might we imitate the seraphim in radiating the light of God in a dark world?

The answer lies in the text: unceasing worship. As the seraphim sing and exult in the presence of God, they reflect his light back to him in worship. Psalm 34:5 tells us that “those who look to him are radiant,” showing us that keeping our eyes fixed on Christ is the surest way to become people of the Light.

As you pray, envision the glory of the throne room of God and respond to what you see.

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Katelyn J. Dixon is a writer and photographer from Auburn, Wash.