Revelation ch5v6-14

today's bit of reading comes from the book of Revelation, in which we find the Lamb who was slain receiving praise and honor and worship from the angels in heaven...and when the angels had cried out that the Lamb was in fact worthy of such adulation, every creature on earth responded appropriately and offered up a song recognizing this fact:

v11Then 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. v12In a loud voice they sang:
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!"
v13Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!"

such a beautiful thing...it doesn't say "all the believers" or even "all men"...let's look again shall we?

v13...every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them...

EVERY CREATURE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH!...EVERY creature...even the cockroaches are singing!...does this not reflect the complete and mighty totality of God?...that all of creation worships Him on that day when He mainfests himself on Earth again...it's almost scary...we're going to be singing with owls and porcupines and dust mites and pine trees and gravel and orchids and flounder and pythons and chickadees and sunflowers and boll weevils and ladybugs and blades of grass and tigers and ostriches and snails and cows and desert sand and whales and the ice caps and the stars and cosmic dust and pretty much every bit of matter in all of existence, on every plane of existence...

sure beats trying to get on "American Idol", doesn't it?...