We are working through the book of Genesis on Sunday mornings at church and this week we were studying the deal Jacob tries to make with God in Genesis 28 the morning after he has the dream of the stairway to Heaven.....where he says, "If you do this...and if you do that....and if...if...if...., then you will be my God" It is a little humorous (in a preposterous way) to think about a person trying to make conditions for God to follow, but it is true that we often think or try to reason this way. I just mentioned in a different post how different my prayers might be if I truly prayed for Christ's sake and not my own. GOD is GOD.....His love for us is unconditional, and yet we often approach Him and our willingness to give ourselves completely to Him with a list of conditions we want Him to accomplish for us first....(but that would not require faith now, would it?) Today our pastor contrasted Jacob's selfish response to his dream of Heaven's staircase to Isaiah's response to the vision God had given him of Heavenly glory.
When you are in the midst of HIS glory, what is your response?
Look at the verse again....Are you on earth? Then you are in the midst of His glory :) The only thing hindering us for being fit for service to God is our sin.....there are no other excuses for us....nor are there any conditions we should set before God. I love how quickly Isaiah goes from being completely ruined to being zealous and empowered after the LIVE COAL touched his lips and the seraphim told him his guilt had been taken away and his sins had been atoned for......"...well then, I'm your man!" :)
Here we also stand....live coal to our lips....guilt taken away...sin atoned for.
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