In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord … — Isaiah 6:1
King Uzziah pushed and bullied his way into the temple (2 Chronicles 26) to demand an audience with God. Uzziah’s leprosy was a lingering reminder that God declined the interview.
But God showed Himself to Isaiah. You could say the purpose was to give Isaiah his commission. But it was more than that. The words of Isaiah ring out with a kind of clarity that only comes when someone has had a vision of the Almighty. During Isaiah’s lifetime, the boot of Assyria fell on the neck of Israel. But Isaiah correctly saw beyond decline and defeat — he saw God, Maker and Ruler of all.
I believe God wants us to see beyond decline and defeat — our own, and that of others around us. I believe God wants us to lift up our heads and see the God who never runs out of options, whose well of joy never runs dry, who does His best work when everything seems impossible.
May God enable us to see.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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