Subject: Worship - Isaiah 1-6

Isaiah 6:1-5 (ESV Strong's)
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.
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.
And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”

And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
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!”

Subject:  Worship

In the above passage we have the scene of the prophet Isaiah's vision of seeing God and His holiness.   God is said to be on His throne, "high and lifted up."    The Angels around God are singing, "holy, holy, holy."   The scene is one that highlights an awesome declaration of God and HIs worthiness of worship.    Not only did His appearance shine fourth to Isaiah, but when He spoke "the foundations of the thresholds shook."   And the house was "filled with smoke."    This is a first class worship opportunity.   Here Isaiah has a change to respond it great worship.  He could lift up his hands; he could jump around; he could scream at the top of his lungs and praise God, and no one would object.    But, what does Isaiah do in this most perfect opportunity to worship? He does the same thing that every person in the O.T. does when they see God in a worship setting:  They fall down and recognize their sin and unworthiness to be in such a place.   When Moses was in the wilderness and saw God in the bush, he fell down because of the holiness of God.    When Daniel sees God in a vision, he too, falls down in humble worship.  When Paul meets Christ on the Damascus Road he is so struck by the light that he falls down and sees his own sin.   We often think of worship as a time to get all excited about what we "feel" at the time.  Often people choose their corporate worship (Church) based upon how the "worship" service makes them feel.   But, the examples we have in the O.T and the N.T don't speak of this great "feeling."   True Biblical worship, when you actually are in a place to see the glory and character of God, is a humbling experience that pushed you to your knees vs causing you to jumps on your feet and wave your hands.    The feeling you get when you are in a right place with worship is guilt and the need for grace.   Isaiah teaches us that!!