"What do you see in Christ’s right hand? Seven stars; yet how insignificant they appear when you get a sight of his face! They are stars, and there are seven of them; but who can see seven stars, or, for the matter of that, seventy thousand stars, when the sun shineth in his strength? How sweet it is, when the Lord himself is so present in a congregation that the preacher, whoever he may be, is altogether forgotten! I pray you, dear friends, when you go to a place of worship, always try to see the Lord’s face rather than the stars in his hand; look at the sun, and you will forget the stars.”

- Charles Spurgeon, quoted in Guzik's commentary on Revelation 1

This is such a great reminder to me, as both a teacher and as a learner.

And to all of us, in our often rock-star church culture.

Now, back to prepping for Revelation 1 . . .