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Looking
Beyond Our Present Circumstances In
the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne,
high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the Seraphim: each one
had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his
feet, and with two he did fly. And
one cried unto another and said: "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts:
The whole earth is full of His glory.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,
and the house was filled with smoke. Isaiah 6:1-4 Isaiah
had become so dependent on the throne of Uzziah for support and comfort
that he was unable to see the eternal, heavenly King, seated upon His
Throne. Only after Isaiah experienced the loss
of that upon which he depended, could he look beyond the empty,
earthly throne and see the occupied, heavenly Throne. In
the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord. He could have said this in another way:
When all of my dreams and ambitions failed, I realized that I could
not, of my own ability, attain to that for which the Lord called me. Then, I looked up to the Lord. Or; When I came to the end of my own
ways and placed my problems in His hands, the Lord showed me His power
and ability to meet my need. Before
the time of this vision, Isaiah had been taken up with the throne of Uzziah
as his means of comfort and support.
He had to experience a death to this dependence on an
earthly King, before he could see the eternal, heavenly King, waiting
to help him. I
saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. Now, Isaiah could look beyond the vacant
earthly throne and see the occupied heavenly throne, with the winged Seraphim
standing over it, waiting to act in his behalf. The
Lord had been there all along, waiting for Isaiah to look to Him for his
help, rather than to King Uzziah.
In our day and time, whatever may happen concerning the terrorist,
the security of our income, or the economy, most all of us are feeling
a measure of insecurity from an earthly perspective concerning the future. The
earthly Uzziahs are failing to provide all that they promised, and some
see only despair as a result. Darkness
is covering the earth as never before.
But as Isaiah discovered, we must, as never before, begin to look
up. As we view the earthly,
it becomes darker. When we
seek the heavenly, we find a word of hope through which it begins to get
brighter. This
is the time for us to begin to look up, and view things from a heavenly
perspective. And
His train filled the Temple.
This train, His attendant Glory that Isaiah saw, trailed
out from the garment of the Lord who was seated in His throne, and it
filled the temple. Do
you not know that you are the This
shows us that both His presence and power reaches out from the
throne, and down into our very being.
There is a way provided for a direct connection to the throne,
through our communion and fellowship with the Lord, if we will look
up with a single eye. The
world has a way of talking about The Man upstairs. In ignorance, they say, He is up there
- some place. Although
His throne is eternal, powerful, and transcends all, He is a very present
and available God. But
you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your
door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees
in secret shall reward you openly. Matthew 6:6 He
is much closer to us than we may realize.
Therefore, we have direct, personal access to our Lord. He is waiting for us to approach Him.
As I look away from my own ability and the natural things that
I tend to trust in, I will be able to look to the Lord in His throne and
begin to experience the fact that, I am His temple, and His train
reaches down into my personal life. Then,
a beautiful communion and trust between myself
and my Lord will begin to develop and, I will be brought up into a place
of divine activity and purpose with Him, in His throne. To
him that overcomes will I grant to sit with Me
in My throne, even as I overcame, and am set down with My Father in His
throne. Revelation 3:21 The
fact that many today have experienced gold dust settling upon
them, is an indication from the Lord that the time has come
for the restoration of the Shekinah (glory). Within those who are seeking to go further
in their relationship to the Lord, there is an inner work of preparation
taking place, so that we will be able to receive and reflect His glory. I
counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich;
and white garments, that you may be clothed (spiritual maturity),
that the shame of your nakedness (still being
a spiritual baby)
may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may
see. Revelation 3:18 Above
it stood the Seraphim. Above,
not in an earth orientation (King Uzziah),
but above, in an heavenly orientation (King Jesus). As
Isaiah saw the Throne of God in action in his behalf, he saw the Seraphim,
waiting for a word from the Throne.
Seraphim can be translated burning ones. This speaks of the glory reaching
down into our lives and lifting us up into a cooperative relationship
with the Lord in His end-time purposes. Each
one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered
his feet, and with two he did fly.
These wings represent a capacity for movement, for power, and for
fulfillment. Now, Isaiah
was in a different realm and He saw the throne of God in action in His
behalf. Seraphim
can be translated, burning ones.
This speaks of the manifested presence of the Lord reaching
down into our lives and needs. The
six wings of the Seraphim, (three sets
of two wings each),
expresses God manifestly acting in our behalf, His burning presence (The Holy Spirit
and Fire),
accomplishing His purposes in our lives. With
two he covered his face. No
flesh can abide in His presence, our face must be covered. This represents our acknowledging His
headship. Our mind is to
be covered, that the mind of Christ might be free to function
through us. With
two he covered his feet. This
speaks of our submission to His government, or rule in our lives. We are to walk in the Spirit,
setting aside our own ways, and looking to Jesus for direction and purpose
for our lives. And
with two he did fly. This
speaks of our coming up into the life and function of His eternal
Spirit and Kingdom. But
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall
walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 As
we look away from earthly thrones and come up into a place of trust and
communion with Jesus in His throne, we will merge in with these winged
Seraphim in their function and worship of the Lord. And
one cried to another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts:
the whole earth is full of His glory.
And the post of the door moved at the voice of him that cried. Isaiah 6:3-4 As
we worship the Lord, the doors of heaven will begin to open to us. Then, we will be lifted up into His throne,
to be seated together with Him. And
has raised us up together, and made us sit together in Heavenly places
in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6 And
the house was filled with smoke.
This house speaks of the places where we live, worship,
and work. The smoke
speaks of his manifest glory (His train filling
the temple),
working in our behalf. He
is truly a present God, at work both in us and in all of our
circumstances. One
of the things that really strengthens me is when
I see the Lord at work in relation to my personal life and spiritual walk
- not so much in the big things that sometimes happen, but in the little
things of my every day life. Life
seldom consists of many big things.
Rather, it is made up of so very many small things. It is so easy for us to look to natural
ways of meeting these. But,
I am to look up to Him, even in small things. He
is seated in His throne. He
is waiting for us to look away from our natural sources of help, and to
look up to Him. He is both
a present and an available God.
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