Isaiah 6:1 tells us that Isaiah was commissioned into ministry in the year King Uzziah died. He was a Godly king who reigned for 48 years an enormously long time in those days. However in later life he presumptuously offered incense in the holy place, which only the priests could do and was smitten with leprosy for the rest of his life. It was a significant year that God commissioned Isaiah to begin his prophetic ministry and he gave Isaiah an awesome vision which would, no doubt, remain with him all through his long years of prophesying to the apostate Judah during the turbulent years of the Assyrian oppression.
This vision may have been given to Isaiah not only to commission his prophetic ministry but also to be a constant reminder of who God is and of his holy splendour. Isaiah would always have before him the vision that God is indeed holy, unlike anything or anyone else. God in his holiness is separate from everything evil and unto everything good. Even the seraphim could not describe his holiness any other way than to call God, ‘holy, holy, holy’ - infinitely holy. In these marvellous days of soaking in the Father’s love, let us remember that God is ultimately holy. There is truly no one like him and he is transcendent not just unique. We are all unique but God is so much more magnificent, awesome, incredible, wonderful than anything we may imagine. According to my dictionary transcendent means God exists apart from and is not subject to the limitations of the material universe. If we remind ourselves of his amazing creation, all those stars and galaxies – there truly is no one like our God. So we must hold in balance the wonderful love of God that longs to draw us ever closer into the circle of intimacy of the Trinity whilst at the same time not forgetting that he is truly awe inspiring and nothing like anything we can see or imagine.
He is holy, holy, holy.
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