Daily Verse
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Worship
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Tuesday's Reflection
Isaiah 6:1-3 — In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up... And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
The prophet Isaiah was given a vision that shows us the heart of true worship. He saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and lifted up, His glory filling the temple. Around Him, angelic beings called to one another the same words over and over: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. This is worship at its purest and highest — creatures overwhelmed by the holiness and glory of God, unable to do anything but declare His worth. Notice that the angels, who have never sinned and who behold God directly, spend their existence in worship. Worship is not beneath the greatest beings in the universe; it is their highest joy.
The repetition of "holy" three times is significant. In Hebrew, repeating a word intensifies it, and to repeat it three times is to reach the highest possible degree. God is not merely holy; He is holy, holy, holy — utterly set apart, pure beyond our comprehension, glorious beyond our imagining. True worship begins with catching even a glimpse of this. It is a response to who God actually is: not a comfortable, manageable deity, but the infinitely holy Lord before whom even angels veil their faces.
Notice what this vision does to Isaiah. He does not feel proud that he has been granted such a sight. He is undone. "Woe is me," he cries, "for I am a man of unclean lips." Seeing God's holiness makes him see his own sinfulness clearly for the first time. This is one of the marks of genuine worship: it humbles us. When we truly glimpse how great and holy God is, we stop being impressed with ourselves. But the story does not end in despair — God sends a coal from the altar to cleanse Isaiah's lips, and then commissions him for service. Real worship humbles us, then cleanses us, then sends us out. It begins with beholding God's holiness and ends with lives offered to Him.
Prayer: Holy, holy, holy Lord, give us a glimpse of Your glory that humbles our pride and awakens true worship. Cleanse us as You cleansed Isaiah, and send us out from Your presence changed, to live for Your glory. Amen.