“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah 6
Isaiah is brought into the presence of the Almighty God and gets a glimpse of the heavenly hosts praising God. It brings him to his knees in humility and awe.
When I look at this scripture I shiver at the thought of His holiness and glory. Notice it was His holiness and glory that brought Isaiah to his knees, not a condemning command. It wasn’t shame because of all the rules that he had broken, but the “glory” of the Almighty, Holy, God! When he saw that glory and holiness, he automatically faced his own un-holiness! That fact makes me ponder why we spend so much time condemning the sinner and pointing out his sin, rather than showing off the glory of God, in love and forgiveness and pointing out all the miracles of changed lives and goodness in our world. Maybe it’s because we spend so much time looking at all the sinfulness around us that we fail to see the goodness, miracles and the Glory of the Lord manifesting itself throughout the world. How often when we watch the “news’ or read it online or in the paper, do we gravitate toward the negative headlines. The more sensational, the better!
I know as Christians we cannot bury our heads in the sand. We need to be informed and face reality, but what if for every negative piece of news our friends report, we countered with a report of love, mercy, heroism or compassion. What if we reflected that love, mercy, forgiveness and compassion to the point that they realized that we were oddballs and different. What if our love and kindness was so full of God’s glory that it brought them to their knees or at least to an open conversation about our weird views and attitudes.
Lord Jesus, you have shown me Your glory, now it is time for me to show others that same glory – love in its finest expression – compassion, patience, forgiveness, encouragement, understanding…every attitude that expresses God’s character in me. Christ in me, the hope of glory! Father, help me to reflect your glory!
Journey with Joyce 