Our two little boys (3 years old and freshly 1 year old) have been fighting a stomach bug for let me be exact here NINETEEN days.
Our pediatrician is phenomenal and on it. It’s just something that has to run its course. I share this with you because as we’ve celebrated our one-year-old this last week, kept up with life and work, I didn’t get around to our Wheatful Wednesday devotion for today.
I asked the Lord at 4pm last night, as my kiddos needed my attention and my focus was distracted, if I could “skip this week.”
“Our community will understand,” I told Him.
I felt His grace flood over me and decided to start on dinner, baths, bedtime, and caring for my boys.
And as I was starting our nighttime routine, I felt a tug to open my Bible.
To a random page, as God often prompts me.
Revelation 4.
I started reading some old notes in my Bible margins, finding that I did, in fact, have five minutes to read a chapter in my Bible despite the noise of two little boys wrestling in the living room around me.
I locked in.
And I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
God’s throne room.
So today’s Wheatful Wednesday is hitting your inbox a little later than usual, but I hope that serves as a gentle and welcoming reminder to us all:
God meets us in tender and powerful ways in our ordinary moments.
He is not frustrated by our limitations. He meets us in the middle of them and gives us the strength we need for each day.
And today, He reminded me of the throne in heaven.
The Throne Room
I encourage you to open your Bible and read Revelation 4.
In my Bible, it fills just half a page. Five minutes, and you can read it in full, slowly. Maybe even read it twice.
As you read, I want to fix our focus on a few things God highlighted to me.
In Revelation 4, we read about the throne in heaven.
And that throne reigns in our kitchens, living rooms, and workplaces as well.
God remains in control despite the chaos around us.
His throne is a reminder of His absolute sovereignty and glory.
Don’t miss the word absolute.
His sovereignty isn't partial. It isn't threatened by our circumstances. It isn't diminished by our chaos.
God is absolutely sovereign.
He is Creator and Sustainer.
Revelation 4 reminds us that God created all things and that everything exists by His will. He is not a distant observer of our lives. He is the One who holds all things together.
If you needed that reminder today, He is still on the throne.
And He welcomes us to fall before His presence.
When I think about the moments I feel the most alive and the most purposed, they are often the moments when I am most aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
When I seek God and find Him.
When I am overwhelmed by the awareness that He is near.
And God invites us into that awareness no matter where our feet may be.
You don't have to escape your ordinary life to encounter the God who is on the throne.
Terrifying Power. Breathtaking Stillness.
One particular part of Revelation 4 that I want to draw attention to is the contrast between terrifying power and breathtaking stillness in verses 5–6.
John writes: “From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder.”
Lightning.
Thunder.
Rumblings.
The imagery communicates majesty, power, holiness, and awe.
God’s presence is powerful.
And then John writes: “Before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.”
What a contrast.
Thunder and lightning coming from the throne, and then before it...
Stillness.
Crystal.
Glass.
Peace.
Whatever else the sea of glass signifies, John sees something striking: before God's throne, there is no chaos that has overtaken Him.
There is stillness.
There is order.
There is peace.
What feels chaotic to me is not chaotic to Him.
That is a visual I don't want us to rush past.
Because Revelation 4 isn't just giving us a beautiful picture of heaven. It's giving us a picture of who God is.
Let's think about this:
The lightning says: God is powerful.
The thunder says: God inspires awe and reverence.
The throne says: God is sovereign.
The sea of glass says: What feels chaotic to me is not chaotic to Him.
And this visual being communicated so early in Revelation is significant because of what we see come later in the book.
John is about to see war, judgment, persecution, beasts, suffering, and nations in upheaval.
But before John sees any of that...
God shows him the throne.
And around the throne is stillness.
Whatever happens on earth, heaven is not panicking.
God is still on the throne.
The lightning makes the stillness more powerful.
Look Up
Maybe your “living room” looks different today.
Maybe your chaos is a demanding job.
A strained relationship.
An uncertain future.
A financial decision.
A health concern.
Or simply the accumulation of a hundred little things demanding your attention.
Whatever your chaos looks like today, Revelation 4 invites you to lift your eyes.
The throne is still occupied.
He is still Creator.
He is still Sustainer.
He is still sovereign.
He is still worthy.
And He is still near.
You don't have to have a quiet house to meet with Him.
You don't have to have a perfect routine.
You don't have to have everything figured out.
Sometimes the most sacred moments happen in the middle of dinner, baths, bedtime, noise, and little boys wrestling in the living room.
The God who sits on the throne of heaven is present there, too.
So today, take five minutes.
Open your Bible.
Read Revelation 4 slowly.
And let your eyes move from whatever is demanding your attention to the One who is worthy of it.
The throne is still occupied.
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10
Britt Goff
Wheatful Wednesday
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