Guarded by Seraphim

[Daily Devotional]

Guarded by Seraphim 

I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train
filled the temple. Isa. 6: 1. 

When God was about to send Isaiah with a message to His people, He first
permitted the prophet to look in vision into the holy of holies within the
sanctuary. Suddenly the gate and the inner veil of the temple seemed to be
uplifted or withdrawn, and he was permitted to gaze within, upon the holy of
holies, where even the prophet's feet might not enter. There rose before him
a vision of Jehovah sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, while the
train of His glory filled the temple. Around the throne were seraphim, as
guards about the great King, and they reflected the glory that surrounded
them. As their songs of praise resounded in deep notes of adoration, the
pillars of the gate trembled, as if shaken by an earthquake. With lips
unpolluted by sin, these angels poured forth the praises of God. "Holy,
holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts," they cried: "the whole earth is full of
his glory" (Isa. 6: 3). 

The seraphim around the throne are so filled with reverential awe as they
behold the glory of God, that they do not for an instant look upon
themselves with admiration. Their praise is for the Lord of hosts. As they
look into the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory,
the triumphant song is echoed from one to another in melodious chant, "Holy,
holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts." They are fully satisfied to glorify God;
abiding in His presence, beneath His smile of approbation, they wish for
nothing more. 

The world that Satan has claimed and has ruled over with cruel tyranny, the
Son of God has, by one vast achievement, encircled in His love and connected
again with the throne of Jehovah. Cherubim and seraphim, and the unnumbered
hosts of all the unfallen worlds, sang anthems of praise to God and the Lamb
when this triumph was assured. They rejoiced that the way of salvation had
been opened to the fallen race and that the earth would be redeemed from the
curse of sin. How much more should those rejoice who are the objects of such
amazing love! How can we ever be in doubt and uncertainty, and feel that we
are orphans? 

>From God's Amazing Grace - Page 71