I Saw The Lord...High And Lifted Up

Encounter. When Isaiah the prophet encountered the Living God in the Temple, he said, "...I saw the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of God's robe filled the Temple." Isaiah also saw seraphim, those angelic ministers imaged as a flame of fire, and heard their eternal hymn, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory." It was amazing. Even more amazing is to recognize that the basic pattern of Isaiah's experience (1. perceiving the glory of God 2. being undone in God's presence 3. being put back together by God's grace & 4. being sent by God into the world) is also the basic pattern of Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush; of Paul's encounter on the Demascus road; of John the Revelator's encounter on the Isle of Patmos...and our's every Sunday we gather for worship. Join in, and enter that pattern with us now, as we gather around God's Word, being undone, put back together, and sent into the world in this most foundational, God-glorifying process.