Friday, I received the Sunday School lesson that I was to teach to my class of high school girls. "Doctrine of God (holiness)" As I began pray over and study the lesson. My heart was heavy. I became angry with circumstances and bitter and afraid of man. I knew that Satan was hot on my trail and he just wanted to tempt me to fail one more time.
I began to read the core passage of the lesson, Isaiah 6:1-8.
"In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on the throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another, 'Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.' And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling 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; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.' Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, 'Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."
I was broken. I was in need of repentance. The holiness of God drove me to repentance. I was broken, laid bare before my Creator God. He already knew the filth in my heart. The holiness of God drove my heart to brokenness and repentance. The next morning as I sat in the pew at church, my heart was free. I was able to worship in Spirit in Truth.
A holy God demands repentance. He cannot look upon evil (Habakkuk 1:13). In order for us to learn to live a holy life we have to humble ourselves and repent from our sins in order to stand in awe of our powerful and Almighty God.
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