FOOD FOR THOUGHT – ‘MORTIFY’ – PUT THE FLESH TO DEATH: BEFORE BED TIME – FOR YOUR NEW DAY IS COME!
Until King Uzziah died, there was no NEW DAY and HEADWAY for Prophet Isaiah to experience an UPWARD, INWARD and OUTWARD path to thrive, shine and become; and to live meaningfully and purposefully; and to be fulfilled in LIFE and GRACE – Ministry.
King Uzziah was a symbol of the flesh in the way of Prophet Isaiah. The consequence and effect was that Prophet Isaiah though a great Prophet to be and in making, could not move FORWARD and ONWARDS with God from Chapter One to Chapter Five. But as soon as his king Uzziah gives way in Chapter Six, he was able to witness and experience the three dimensional phase of God’s dealings – UPWARD, INWARD and OUTWARD; that change his LIFE and MINISTRY perception of God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT to enable him become that great Prophet that he was born of God to be in LIFE and GRACE.
Until you motify, that is, put to death the act and deeds of the FLESH – what you SEE, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE and HEAR – it will be difficult to explore, innovate, create and initiate life with God. For by the deeds of the flesh shall no man be JUSTIFIED in the sight of God.
God wants you to experience His onward and upward plan Purpose and pursuits, but you must have a look – UPWARD, INWARD AND OUTWARD as Prophet Isaiah, to make it happen for you. It’s what you do intentionally and responsibly in order to be accountable in the grace wherein to stand in Christ Jesus stead – unashamed, unafraid and emboldened.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!
“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. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 THEN SAID I, WOE IS ME! FOR I AM UNDONE; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 ALSO I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD, SAYING, WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US? THEN SAID I, HERE AM I; SEND ME. 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not” Isaiah 6:1-9.
“Therefore by the DEEDS of the law there shall no flesh be JUSTIFIED in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin” Romans 3:20.
‘Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the FLESH, to LIVE after the FLESH. 13 For if ye live after the FLESH, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do MORTIFY THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:12-14.
“This I say then, WALK in the Spirit, and ye shall not FULFIL the lust (DEEDS) of the flesh . . . 25 If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” Galatians 5:16, 25 (Emphasis Mine).
Rev Chukie MORSI