DAILY?READINGS: 1 Chronicles 19-20; Ezekiel 18-19; John 6:41 to 7:11
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
Israel’s long time king had died. Isaiah faced this devastating loss knowing that it might threaten Israel’s spiritual and national unity. He could have looked down or around or inward for answers but instead he looked up. There he saw the Lord—high and lifted up in all his majesty and power! In a most discouraging time, Isaiah learned that God was enough. What are you facing today? Are there circumstances that have overwhelmed you? Are you fretting over what may happen next? Take a lesson from Isaiah whose God-ward gaze resulted in a life-changing encounter. —Deborah Manera
What though my joys and comforts die? The Lord my Saviour liveth;
What though the darkness gather round! Songs in the night He giveth.
—Robert Lowry