Woe! Or the Cry of the Believer<\/p>\n
"Then said I, 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts" (Isa_6:5).<\/p>\n
In the 5th chapter of Isaiah, the Prophet had pronounced a succession of woes against others.<\/p>\n
In the 6th chapter the Prophet saw in a vision, "the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up".<\/p>\n
Above the throne stood the seraphim, and they cried one to another saying: "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory". Then Isaiah cried: "Woe is me! for I am undone".<\/p>\n
When Christians get a vision of God and of His holiness, they are sure, at the same time, to get a vision of their own unworthiness.<\/p>\n
It is a good thing for saved people to realize their shortcomings.<\/p>\n
There are many who are powerless and without any desire for fellowship with God. Many believers have a form of Godliness, but they know nothing of its power; they come before the Lord as the people come, and they worship as the people worship; the words of the minister are to them as a pleasant sound, as of one who has a pleasing voice.<\/p>\n
They hear God’s Word, but they do it not.<\/p>\n
They worship with their lips, but their hearts are far from Him.<\/p>\n
Saddest of all, many of these prayerless, burden-less, and worshipless saints have no sense of lack; they seem wholly oblivious to the fact that they are living far from God.<\/p>\n
The story of Isaiah brings before us the hour when a believer is fully awakened to his need, and when he cries, "Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips". There is one supreme precedent for betterment, and that is a sense of lack.<\/p>\n
The believer must first understand his true state of heart, before he will seek for better things.<\/p>\n
Where there is no sickness, there is no need of a physician.<\/p>\n
Where there is no sense of sin, there is no true repentance.<\/p>\n
It is necessary for one to realize his weariness before he seeks rest; his thirst, before he seeks water; his hunger, before he seeks food.<\/p>\n
It is a happy day when the Christian sees the Lord, high and lifted up, and begins to realize his own uncleanness. Then he can sing:<\/p>\n
"Lord lift me up, and let me stand,<\/p>\n
By faith, on Heaven’s table land;<\/p>\n
A higher plane than I have found,<\/p>\n
Lord, place my feet on higher ground."<\/p>\n
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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