Prayer: Father, thank You for fresh manna every day. I love feeding on Your Word. You are my daily bread. Amen.
Reading: Psalm 99 key: vs. 1
1 Adonai reigns, let the peoples tremble.
He is enthroned upon the cheruvim—let the earth shake!
Attention: I hope you are joining me on this journey to know God. I hope you are not satisfied with hearing my thoughts or another’s through a devotional format. My desire is to inspire you to pull up to the table and feed yourself on the Word of God. When you open your mouth, mind, and heart, the Holy Spirit will reveal to Himself to you.
Today the mention of Cheruvim (glory beings) or our English rendering of Cherubim (one of the types of angels) caught my attention. The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (HIBD) provides us with a verbal picture of what “enthroned upon the Cheruvim” might look like.
“The most impressive of the temple cherubim were the large sculptures (probably winged quadrupeds) in the holy of holies. If these were arranged as was common in the ancient Near East, the two cherubim would together form a throne, their backs the arm rest, and their wings the back of the throne (pg. 281).” see link: cherubim thrones – Bing images
The mention of Cheruvim in this context seems to be a “name of a class of winged angels who function primarily as guards (Gen. 3:24) or attendants (Ezekiel 10: 3-22).
Understand, Cheruvim are but one type of angel which is mentioned in the scriptures. The Hebrew term for angel is “mal’ak and the Greek word is angelos. They both mean messenger (pg. 66 HIBD).” The various types of angels have differing roles but serve as messengers from heaven to earth.
I find it fascinating, that while angels serve God from heaven to earth, we serve as His messengers on earth. If you are not serving Him as a messenger, may you begin today to fulfill your role on earth.
Action: I am commissioned to share the gospel on earth. I will begin today to be His messenger on earth!
Yield: I am yielded when I submit to the commission of scripture to make disciples.
Engage: I am engaged as a messenger of God’s.
Relationship: Full relationship involves being messenger.
Prayer: Father, I desire to be obedient to Your commission and be a messenger of Yours. Open my mouth to feed from Your Word and share Your message of hope. Amen.
Memory Verse: Acts 5:19-20
19 But during the night an angel of Adonai opened the prison doors, and leading them out he said, 20 “Go, stand in the Temple and speak to the people the whole message about this Life.”
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