One of the things I have learned from studying the Bible is that is so faithful to His Word, His purpose and His people. Even when men messed it up, God was still faithful. I don’t know what is going through your mind right now. I don’t know what the past week has held for many of you. I don’t know the details of what struggles you may be facing or the past that may haunt you or the fear of the future you might possess. I don’t know. God does and He cares.
I want us talk about how big God is because I believe with all of my heart that if I have the right view of God I can make it through any situation that might come and sit in my lap. Really, the problems that we face in our lives or in the Lord’s church are given birth because someone has the wrong of view of God. Having a small view of God is one of our biggest problems. But, when we see God as He is…oh, man it is absolutely off the charts.
Isaiah, the Old Testament prophet saw God. Uzziah had been king of Judah for 52 years. He was a good king and he built up the military of Judah, God blessed him and there was prosperity while Uzziah was on the throne and it was a good time to be a Jew. About 700 years before Christ was born the sad announcement was made, “THE KING IS DEAD”. King Uzziah, the eleventh King of Judah, had died. Despite his failings, he was the greatest king since David. For 52 years things have been great and now the king is dead. Can you imagine what the nation of Israel was thinking? “What’s going to happen to us now?” The Holy Spirit records these words in Isaiah 6:1…. “In the year of king Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne…” Don’t miss this. In the year that Uzziah was no longer sitting on his throne, God showed Isaiah the throne room of heaven and Isaiah saw that God was still on His throne.
You see, it didn’t matter who the king was on this little planet over the small nation of Judah. It’s like God was saying to Isaiah, “Come on up to heaven and let me show you the throne that really matters.” And there are some preaching verses in Isaiah 6, but the thing that stands out to me is the timing of this vision. When Uzziah died, Isaiah and the nation of Judah were worried about the next king. Would he be a bad king, or a good king? They were fretting over the problems they were facing and maybe even felt their lives were falling apart. But God didn’t come down and counsel Isaiah and the people about their problems. He brought Isaiah up to heaven and said, “Let me show you something bigger….let me show you Who is still on the throne.”
I, in no way, am trying to belittle the things you are facing. It breaks my heart that I can’t fix it for you, but what I am saying is that maybe the solution to what you are facing is not taking a closer look at your problem. Rather, let’s look beyond what we are facing and looking to God’s throne. He is still there.
Submitted by: Lennie Reagan
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