| “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because 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.” – Isaiah 6:5 |
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| Isaiah 6 is one of the great chapters of the Bible. In this chapter, Isaiah sees the Lord who is high a lifted up and he hears that He is HOLY. As a matter of fact, the angels cry out HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! As Isaiah sees God and understands who God is, Isaiah now SEES himself and hears what has been proceeding out of his mouth. Seeing and understanding God for who He is causes Isaiah to see and understand who he is. What he sees is not pretty. The holiness of God has revealed just how unholy and unclean he is. Principle: the closer you get to God the more evident your sins will become! As Isaiah is overcome with how unclean he is he confesses to God that he is condemned and completely undone! He knows his lips are unclean and that he is around people who have unclean lips and there is nothing he himself can do. Seeing God for who He is has brought Isaiah to confess just how unclean he is! With Isaiah’s realization of sin and confession of sin, God will now forgive and cleanse Isaiah. Verses 6 and 7 says, “Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.” When we read Isaiah 6:6-7 we can’t help but think of 1 John 1:9. It says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” At this point, a few questions need to be asked. Are you putting yourself in places where you can see the Lord for who He is so that you might truly understand who you are? Are you in His Word so that the Word can be like a mirror to you and reveal things that need to be confessed? Are you hearing the Word of God proclaimed so that you might know what God’s standards are? The big question: are you acknowledging that you are undone and unclean and confessing your sins to God so that you might be clean? Verse to DATE the Word on June 5 (6/5) is Isaiah 6:5. It says, “So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because 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.” Earlier I stated a principle that “the closer you get to God the more evident your sins will become!” Have you found this to be true? Continue Strong seeing the Lord for Who He is so you can see who you are, And remember to DATE the Word |