[Ascend] - Day 10

“Holy God”

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Isaiah 6:1-7

1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory!”

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; 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, the Lord of hosts!”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

Reflection

Going deeper is encountering the Presence of a holy and righteous God. No one has the right to stand in the presence of the Lord but it is by God’s grace He invites us in to experience greater intimacy with Him. As we experience more of His Presence, two things happen. First, we see our own weakness. Before a perfect and holy God, our best behaviors and good deeds are only but filthy rags, our sins make us like withered leaves that get tossed to and fro by the wind. But despite our weakness, God draws us even closer with His kindness. He makes a way for us to go deeper with Him. As we experience more of His Presence, He takes our shame, guilt, feelings of condemnation and we begin to worship. The closer we draw to the Lord, the less we look at ourselves, and the more we see Him and in turn give Him worship.

Pray

Have you ever had an encounter with the living God? Whether you have or not, let’s not be afraid to ask for Him to reveal more of Himself to us. 

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