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Isaiah 6:1
In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the Temple.
A vision we all need to see.
This is probably one of the most famous Biblical visions of God. It gets as close as our human minds and our words can get to describing God. It is as impossible for the natural to describe the Divine, as it is impossible for the finite to try to comprehend, understand or describe the Infinite. If we find Isaiah’s description beyond our understanding or ability to visualise, how much more so is the real thing.
Six-winged seraphs defy visual expression. But what of their message? “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty” (or the Lord of Hosts - vast armies) (v 3). How can we earthbound, sinful people get anywhere near grasping the concept of a Holy God, much less understanding the Perfect, Almighty, thrice Holy God.
It was difficult enough for Isaiah, let alone for us who live in a world where man has been elevated to ‘God’, and God reduced to irrelevance. How much this chapter is needed today. God hasn’t changed. It’s just that we have become more arrogant and atheistic. God has been reduced to a swear word or an unwelcome intruder.
We no longer cry in desperation, “Oh, God help me.” We cry, “O god, is anyone else there who can help me?” But God is still the Great I AM that Moses knew. The Holy, Holy, Holy God that Isaiah saw – is the same One we all need and the same One we will all eventually face.
Isaiah knew his place. He spoke for us all. “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty” (v 5).
Have you? Have you seen God like that? Have you seen Jesus like that? Because, until you do, your vision of God and your understanding of who He is will be incomplete. God is totally separate. He is like nothing on earth. He is the great Creator God who made all there is out of nothing. He is answerable to no one. He is the Rock against which all others break into pieces and His brilliant righteousness exposes all the darkness within us.
But there is hope. If we approach Him in earnest honest humility, He will save us; He will cleanse us just as He did with Isaiah. But, just as it was with Isaiah, so it is with us; it is not for our own selfish interests – it is so that we will go for Him, the highest calling anyone can have.
Will you too, say, “Here am I. Send me!”? (v 8) I have.
Listen, I don’t know how you are feeling today but think about this. Isaiah had this vision the year King Uzziah died. Isaiah was in mourning. He was at a very low ebb in his life. Yet God broke through into his despair with this phenomenal vision.
Be encouraged, He can do it for you too. If you are discouraged; if you are lonely; if you feel depressed or unloved; if you are in mourning over the departure of a loved one – listen. Sit quietly for a minute and ask God to either show you a vision of Himself, like the one that He gave Isaiah, or to help you feel His loving arms around you in a new, vibrant and physical way.
Guess what? He wants to do it.
So let Him, and enjoy it - before you get into the rest of the day.
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