DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 20; Jeremiah 32:1-25; Hebrews 3
I saw also the Lord…Then said I, Woe is me! Isaiah 6:1, 5
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. Revelation 1:17
The presence of the Lord is no place for lightness. There are some who claim such intimacy with the God of Heaven, the Father of Glory, that they feel free to use the language of the street in His august presence. Have we known Him as did Jacob? Have we seen Him as did Isaiah or John? Our unique and wonderful relationship with Him as His children does not absolve us of the responsibility, indeed the joy, of ascribing to Him His due honour. He asks, “If then I be a Father, where is Mine honour?” (Mal. 1:6). —J. B. N.
O! How I fear Thee, Living God, with deepest tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope and penitential tears.—Frederick W. Faber