Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Holy is the Lord Almighty, my hope is in God's hands!

Isaiah 6:1-5
In the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw the Lord seated on a throne.
Isaiah felt sorrow for the good king is dead, so he went to the temple to see the Lord,  and he really saw the Lord there.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah saw these sense he knew he was a sin man, so he cried "Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."
Why?
The overwhelming experience of God's holiness described in this chapter shaped Isaiah's whole life as a prophet.
He constantly spoke of the God he served as 'the Holy one of Israel'. The knowledge that he had seen God with his own eyes, experienced his forgiveness and been sent out in God's service would sustain him all his life.
Isaiah, face to face with God, is overcome with a sense of his own unworthiness. (In the Old Testament it was considered death to see God.)
When Isaiah lost his hope, he went to the Temple to seek the Lord. When I am under stress or despair, what should I do?  See the Lord!
How?
God is my hope, the Lord is Holy, no matter what happen, no matter what situation I be, seek the Lord, He is my savior, and fortress.

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