DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 3; Hosea 11:12 to 14:9; Luke 20:20 to 21:4
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. Isaiah 6:1
Uzziah was a good king even though he faltered in his last days. It appears from this verse that Isaiah may have had his eyes too much on Uzziah instead of the Lord. It seems that only after Uzziah died that his eyes saw the right King, “For mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” (Isa. 6:5). Could we not make this mistake? We should be careful that our eyes are on the right king when we follow leaders in our lives. Paul said, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1). To all who are leading God’s people, let’s be sure we are following the King, the Lord of Hosts. —Harold G. Smith
Everywhere He leads me I would follow, follow on,
Walking in His footsteps till the crown be won. —W. Cushing