Isaiah 6:5

Isaiah 6:5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, (when Isaiah's vision revealed the grandeur and holiness of God, when he heard the powerful praises of the seraphim swell in an anthem of adoration to the Lord, he realized how insignificant, how small, how unfit and unworthy he was even to stand in such Presence, much less to lift his own voice to attempt to articulate praise, a voice too often expressing irreverent, arrogant, self-centered, unkind, fearful utterances, all of which are in direct opposition to all that God is; when we truly focus on God and take in the reality of Who He is, we realize how we have tried to put our God in a human-sized box, how we have tried to fit God into our own making; we recognize how unworthy and undeserving, how sinful we are, how far is the expanse between the Creator and us the created, and how far short we fall from the awesome holiness of Almighty God) and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” (when we recognize our own sinfulness, we can see the Lord, the God Who is Jehovah, Yahweh, the Eternal, the Self-Existent I AM, the One Who graciously and mercifully reveals Himself to us today as our covenant God, the One Who says He will be our God and we will His Own!) Submitted by: Sally Shields

Heaven's Activity

Isaiah 6:2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: (when Isaiah was given a glimpse into the throne room of God, he saw an extraordinary and astonishing spectacle, sights outside and beyond human experience and language, sights which he tried to take in and put words to; the word seraphim means flaming or burning ones, so these other-worldly creatures are aflame with blazing light, energy, and a splendor unknown to us; though existing beyond our sight, these other-worldly hosts of heaven stand ready to carry out the Lord's commands) With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. (they cover their faces because they are unable to look into the even greater illumination and fire of the glory of God, they cover their feet to show their lowly sense of humility and submission to the profound greatness and sovereignty of God, and they fly to show their compelling desire and quickness to serve God and to do His bidding; like these celestial beings, may our hearts be so moved today that we reverently acknowledge God's greatness, that we are careful to submit our inadequacies and frailties to God, and that we are quick and ready to be in service to God; may the Lord open our eyes to see beyond our circumstances and into the reality of God on His throne with attending messengers ready to carry out His purposes in our lives)

Walking in the Light

Isaiah 2:5 Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord. (as part of the family of the descendents of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as descendents of the house of Israel, having yielded to the calling of God over His people, having been grafted into the very people God has chosen today, Almighty Jehovah God, the One Who actually created light, calls us to walk out of darkness, out of the old ways, out of hopelessness and fear and unforgiveness, out of trying to control our own lives, out of our willfulness and self-centeredness, now exhorting us to walk and live in His light, to seek Him, to understand His ways, to grow in knowledge and wisdom; as we walk in His light, the light of His love and mercy, we also become a light to others and an encouragement for them to seek the Lord as they see Christ in us!) Submitted by: Sally Shields

HE WILL JUDGE BETWEEN THE NATIONS

Isaiah 2:4a He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. (judgment is in God's hands, in the One in Whom all wisdom resides; what a relief to know that we not only can't, but also that we don't have to be the arbiter; what a relief to understand that He sees into the heart and knows our and others' motives and intentions and that only He can determine justice and act justly; what a relief to know that we can relinquish the burden of trying to exact retribution to set matters right, of trying to hold others accountable, where we have been unjustly treated and that He metes out the appropriate kind and level of judgment and discipline toward us and others; as we turn over to Him the responsibility of judge, we are free today to rely on His justice and to focus on our responsibility for acting in just ways that are pleasing to Him) Submitted by: Sally Shields