By Paul Chappell
"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his
face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one
cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole
earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him
that cried, and the house was filled with smoke."
Isaiah 6:1-4
We live in a society that has a very distorted view of God.
When the prophet Isaiah saw his vision of God in Heaven, he saw a God who was
transcendent in holiness. Around His throne, seraphims cry out with unceasing
worship, "Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full
of His glory."
God could have chosen any attribute of His character and
nature to highlight. He could have commanded the seraphims to cry out
"Love, love, love" or "Just, just, just." But He has
especially created angels to declare His holiness.
To understand that God is holy means that we understand how
far His standards for righteousness are above our own. No one who truly grasps
how exalted God is can do anything except fall on his face and beg for mercy.
When angels appeared to men and women in the Bible as angels
(sometimes they appeared as men) the immediate response was terror. In fact,
the angels almost always had to calm the person they visited with the words,
"Fear not." And that is just the angels—God is far above them in His
glory and grandeur. An appreciation for God’s holiness will give us a holy
reverence and fear of Him that will cause us to examine our ways and make sure
we are walking according to His will.
Today's Rooted Principle:
Keep the vision of God’s holiness in the forefront of your
mind, and your life will be holy and pleasing to Him.
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