God’s children suffer because they miss God’s work. But why are we blind to God’s activity? Because we focus on our appetites.
“Woe to those who rise early to drink beer, who stay up late drinking wine. At their feasts they have music and wine. They DO NOT PERCEIVE the Lord’s actions, and they do not see the work of His hands. Therefore my people will go into exile because they lack knowledge” Isaiah 5:11-13.
It is hard to perceive God’s actions if your day begins and ends with alcohol—or any of numerous other distractions. You must SETTLE YOUR MIND and carve out time for God.
But it’s hard. Want to make it easier? See God’s holiness. When you encounter holiness, everything changes:
“In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Seraphim flew above Him, each had six wings, with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. One called to another: ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, HIS GLORY FILLS THE WHOLE EARTH.’ The foundations of the doorways shook at the voice and the temple was filled with smoke. Then I said, ‘Woe is me for I am ruined! Because 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 of Hosts!’ Then one of the angels flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with tongs, and he touched my lips with the coal and said, ‘Now your wickedness is removed and your sin atoned.’” Isaiah 6:1-7.
Isaiah SAW GOD’S HOLINESS, and He was struck with fear. He would never again struggle to make time for God—and he would never fail to perceive what God was doing around him.
God, show us Your HOLINESS. Help us see Your work around us and join You in it.
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