Isaiah 6:1-5
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Reflection
A “twelve step program” that is used to help people with addictions starts with the following first step: admission of our powerlessness to address our situation. I think in this society, we also hear things like, “they won’t change until they hit rock bottom”.
This happened to Isaiah as he found himself in the presence of God Almighty. He knew he didn’t belong where he found himself – in the throne room of the Lord. Isaiah said, “Woe to me! I am ruined.”
In the words of the twelve step program, Isaiah was admitting that he was powerless to address his situation.
What do you admit today? (This isn’t implying that there is a need to be part of a twelve step program but a simple admission that you are powerless when it comes to certain things in your life. What are they?)
