Thursday 14 Apr 2011

Thursday Reading: Isaiah 6:1-5

Key Verse: Isaiah 6:5
5  Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

Devotion:
I’m sure that you would be able to relate to me on this one, though maybe it is only me... How many situations can you think back on when you realised for the first time that you had either being doing something wrong all the time or that you had actually broken a law without knowing about it. I can think of one or two situations when I have realised that I have actually broken a law without knowing about it. When you suddenly realise that what you have been doing is wrong and that you can be held accountable for what you have done wrong, a feeling of guilt comes over you because you now know you are wrong – deliberately wrong!

How do you find out that you are wrong? Well the most likely way is that you hang out with someone who is doing things the right way and you point out to them that doing it your way is easier only to be told of the law that forbids your way. If you do not accept that law as being the law then you are fooling yourself and nobody else. The law is the law and you cannot bend the rules just so that you can do things your own way. God is Just. That means that He upholds the law in its most absolute way.

When Isaiah was given the vision of The Lord he suddenly realised just how absolutely wrong he was in all his ways. Here is a man of God suddenly realising He is absolutely undone! If he could realise that just from a vision then do you not think that we as ordinary folk should be totally unglued rather than just undone? There are so many passages in our bibles that show us time and time again how man has begun to realise that he is nothing when he sees God in all His glory. These are the passages we need to take notice of because they are there so that we do not have to face humiliation just to realise who God is! God loves us and wants us to know the truth – He does not want to have to embarrass each one of us in turn so that we realise the truth – but if needs must He will do it!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you do things wrong?

How often do you consider God’s ways?