What Is Your Response To The King?
Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. (2) Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. (3) And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (4) And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. (5) And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” (6) Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. (7) And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” (8) And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
In the year that King Uzziah died, his reign as king came to an end. I am mindful that the following Presidential reigns of Harry S. Truman 1945-1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961, John F. Kennedy 1961-1963, Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969, Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974, Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977, Jimmy Carter 1977-1981, Ronald Reagan 1981-1989, George Bush 1989-1993, Bill Clinton 1993-2001, and George W. Bush 2001-2008 came to an end during my lifetime. Now we have Barack Obama 2009- starting his.
With the change of leadership, come changes in the land. There are changes from the past president’s (king, if you will) character, philosophies, and agendas to the new president’s (king’s) character, philosophies, and agendas. This brings about changes in the people. Where there was once agreement, there is now disagreement or visa versa. Where there was once joy, now anger or frustration or visa versa. Where there was once something about your life (you fill in the blank), it has changed with the change of the king.
During Isaiah’s life, there were changes brought about with the death of King Uzziah. However, Isaiah had his focus on the one and only true Ruler, the King of Kings, the Almighty One, the Creator, the All Knowing God, the All Powerful God, the God who exists in all of eternity, the LORD (Jehovah - the self Existent One), the God who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, the God who never changes, and the Holy God. Isaiah saw the same God we, as believers, see today - the Lord Jesus Christ.
If we, Christians, have our eyes are focused on the Lord Jesus Christ as the King, then several things will happen: 1. We will trust in Jesus as our King, not the king of the land, 2. We will recognize who we are in the presence of the LORD and say, as Isaiah said, : “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” and we will seek God for forgiveness, and 3. We will answer the call of God to go into the land and declare to the people that the Lord Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and declare to them that Jesus is the one and only Saviour.