Have you ever encountered something glorious? Something that blew you away?
Perhaps a stunning mountain scene, or the classic icon of beauty, a glowing sunset.
What comes to your mind?
A few weeks ago we looked at Isaiah Chapter 6 in our BSF study- where Isaiah encountered God in a mind blowing, glorious, almost indescribable way. He "saw the LORD, seated on a throne, and the train of His robe filled the temple with glory."
He heard angelic beings calling out "holy, holy, holy", which indicates God's purity, his transcendence, his greatness beyond our understanding. "The whole earth is full of His glory." Isaiah felt the very foundations of this temple shake, and was overwhelmed.
His response was from the depth of his soul - he saw God more clearly than ever, and so saw his own impure heart, motives and words as never before. He cried out his anguish, "I am ruined" - not worthy to be in the presence of God.
Isaiah could do nothing about this, but God could. God took the steps Isaiah needed for the healing of his wrong, his sin, his unworthiness before the Lord.
That is still the glorious work of God: any who come to Him realizing their need and their unworthiness He will reach out and heal. In humbly admitting all the wrong in life that keeps one from the presence of God, they will find they are restored.
John 12:41 clarifies for us that Isaiah saw the Lord - the Lord Jesus Christ! It is He who is Holy, glorious, and who cleanses from sin. It is He who restores and heals us, and is then the very presence of God within us. Now that is glorious!
Read Isaiah 6:1-7
Have you ever had an experience of God that "blew you away?"
How reverent is your opinion and worship of God?
How have you responded to God's offer of cleansing through Jesus?
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