May 20
He looked upon the King in His beauty, and self was forgotten. He beheld the majesty of holiness, and felt himself to be inefficient and unworthy. He was ready to go forth as Heaven's messenger, unawed by the human, because he had looked upon the Divine. He could stand erect and fearless in the presence of earthly monarchs, because he had bowed low before the King of kings.
Desire of Ages, page 104 from the chapter, 'The voice in the wilderness'
For me to make sense of the short paragraph above I would make a few changes to help you understand the meaning a little better, Isaiah .. “looked upon the King in His beauty as he read bowed low before God, and self was forgotten. He beheld the majesty of holiness, and felt himself to be inefficient and unworthy.” ...Yet despite his unworthiness … He was ready to go forth as Heaven's messenger, unawed by the human, because he had looked upon the Divine. He could stand erect and fearless in the presence of earthly monarchs, because he had bowed low before the King of kings.”
Our song, “When I need someone to talk to” is by ‘The Chuck Wagon Gang’. If someone could tell me something about them, and what a chuck wagon is, I would appreciate it. Thank you for your choice Bryn. Click on the picture to see the video and hear the song.
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here