The Bible, “exceeding broad” says Psalm 119:96 when describing God’s Word! All I need to properly live the Christian Life, when aided and empowered by the Holy Spirit!

Yet Brother Bagwell is having an atypical moment when he has NOT yet sensed a leading of the Lord … as to where we go next in our daily devotional studies.

Pray for me in this regard. The Lord willing, I will know something by Monday morning.

But earlier today I did see a Sermon in a Christian Periodical that caught my eye, maybe even my heart.

It was entitled something like this, “The Cornerstone of Revival.” Or maybe it was the “Fundamental Fact of Revival.” It could have as easily been named “How Revival Begins.”

And here is the verse it heralded in answer to its own premise …

“Isaiah 6:1 … “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.”

Wow!

Isaiah saw the Lord!

That began Revival in his heart! (A cleansed tongue, mouth, words! A passion to obey God! Etc.)

Yes, he saw the Lord!

That’s exactly where renewed fervor will begin with us as well.

But … how can WE see the Lord?

Through the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures! God is “in” His Word and today reveals Himself “by” that Word!

Through Holy Spirit anointed preaching of the Word, too. Yes, you can (in spirit) see the Lord!

Then YOU too very well may confess sin and ask for cleansing! (“Unclean lips, purge me!”) You may say “Here am I, Lord!” You may volunteer for greater service, “Send me!”

All this ensuing because you saw the Lord and His Glory! “High and lifted up,” no doubt!

Just a thought …

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

By the way, Isaiah did not see the Lord until King Uzziah died! Was the importance and grandeur of that King detracting Isaiah? Did God have to remove Isaiah’s “Hero” in order to get His Prophet to properly “see” Him, the Almighty One?

I don’t know. But it’s worth pondering! Is anything or anyone keeping YOU from the Lord, from living for Him?

Enough said.

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