Moses had to hide his face from God on the mountain because he couldnt look upon Him....the prophet Isaiah saw the LORD seated on His throne - he fell on his face before Him crying Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell amongst a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts! This holy man, Isaiah, who knew God saw himself spiritually naked before God, and realized how unclean he really was before his Holy God!....he didnt boast that he was saved and righteous in Gods sight, but saw how sinful he really was in the light of Gods searing holiness. Paul, probably one of Christendoms most revered and holy men of God, knew that even in his latter years he knew that he fell far short of Gods glory, determined to press on to That Day when he would face his maker.....from absolute humility before His Creator. He wrote in Philippians 3: 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. Do we dare to stand boldly before God on That Day, pridefully? Andrew Murray writes of pride being the #1 sin in our lives, where we think of ourselves more highly than we aught. Humility and grace go hand in hand. Paul submitted to God. He knew his own weakness, and in acknowledging it, he knew that ONLY by the grace of God could he become what God created him to be. Murray said, The highest glory of man is in being only a vessel, to receive and enjoy and show forth the glory of God. Man can do this ONLY as he is willing to be nothing in himself so that God may be all. Two things that are at the forefront of our walk with Him: (1) absolute humility, (2) absolute obedience. Let us ALL pray for a revelation of Christ in all His glory - so we may see OUR condition, and pray for Him to give us the humility, grace to obey, grace to overcome. That chilling declaration of Jesus on That Day I never knew you! is sufficient for each of us to be prostrated on OUR faces before our Almighty, Holy, Righteous and Just God. May He send an angel to touch and cleanse not only our lips but the hearts from which spring the issues of life. I FELL AT HIS FEET by David Wilkerson A day is coming when Jesus will reveal Himself fully to wicked mankind. When that happens people will cry out for rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from His awesome presence. “[They] hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne” (Revelation 6:15-16). At Times Square Church we often preach against sin, and many can say, “I’ve laid down everything the Spirit has exposed in me that’s unlike Jesus.” Yet I realize we have not arrived; we still fall short of His glory. Preaching alone will not bring the hatred for sin that so many need in these last days. It’s going to take deep, piercing manifestations of God’s holy presence because only in His presence will we learn to hate sin and walk in His fear. I hear Christians boast, “On that Day of Judgment I won’t have to fall on my face. I will stand boldly, warts and all, because I am trusting in His salvation, not in my works!” It is true that we are not saved by works. But if we do not obey Christ’s commandments, then we never really loved Him and He was not manifested in us (John 14:21). The apostle John, our “brother, and companion in tribulation” (Revelation 1:9), the one who once leaned on Jesus’ breast, saw Christ in His glorified holiness. John testified, “I turned . . . I saw . . . one like unto the Son of man . . . his eyes were as a flame of fire . . . his voice as the sound of many waters . . . and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not” (Revelation 1:12-19). You may be as John, a righteous brother or sister in the Lord—a servant who has endured much tribulation—but can any of us stand before a Presence that shines as the sun in all its strength? We will no more be able to look upon that holiness than we can now look into the sun without tinted glasses. He will have to enable us in that day, to touch us and reassure us not to be afraid. “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy . . . be glory and majesty, dominion and power” (Jude 24).
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