I remember the sound as we pulled into the Niagara Falls parking lot on the Canadian side. As the six of us rounded the corner, our first glimpse of the Falls captured our whole being. The scene before us was beyond words to describe. The magnitude of the power was astounding.

Psalm 119:161 says, “Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.” The persecution did not distract their heart, because God’s word filled it with awe.

I like to picture Revelation 4. What an astounding scene for John to take in. The first thing he saw was God’s throne and the One who sat on it. Verse 3 says He was, “…like a jasper and a sardius stone…and there was a rainbow around the throne in appearance like an emerald.”

The next scene was around the throne. There were twenty-four thrones with twenty-four elders. Verse 5 says that from the throne, “…proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices…” In verses 6-8 the four living creatures were described. They did not rest day and night.