Woe is Me

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.” (Isaiah 6:5)

We can truly know ourselves until we know God, for only God can show us who we really are. The Lord created us, and only He has the intimate knowledge of every facet of our humanity — our essence, our origin, our present, and our destiny. Isaiah discovered this truth when saw the Lord, and he at once confessed his low moral estate in the presence of a holy God — "I am a man of unclean lips." He saw God, then realized the helpless sinner he was.

 

Lord, open our eyes like You opened Isaiah's!

 

"Woe is me, for I am undone!"

 

Isaiah saw the truth about God and himself, and now he was ready to see everyone and everything in the light of that truth. Now he was able to judge all people and all things as God judges them. That is the true meaning of "revelation" — seeing as God sees.

 

May every preacher of the Gospel see like Isaiah saw and wait on God before preaching a single word!

 

Let's Pray - Dear Father, I am nothing apart from You, and I find nothing good in me unless it has been imparted to me by Jesus. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. I will worship You in Spirit and in truth! Amen.