Sometimes a glimpse is all you need

The past four and half months have been the most difficult and painful days of my life. As much as it hurts to admit,  I have been plagued with uncertainty and fear.  It feels like a famine in my soul. This week I met someone whose testimony really spoke to me and my fears for the future. I met Isaiah, the prophet. In Isaiah 6 we find the prophet troubled, fearful, and uncertain, wondering what the future holds for him and his people. King Uzziah had just died after reigning in Judah for the last fifty-two years. Think about it, fifty-two years under one leader. In my short life, the United States has already seen five presidents pass through the White House. We don't grasp the type of steadfast leadership that Uzziah had and that Isaiah had grown accustomed to. The majority of Uzziah's reign was characterized by times of great blessing and prosperity for God's people. When the king died, Isaiah was fearful of who would take his place on the throne and of what the future would hold for Judah. As Isaiah was worrying about the earthly king, he was given a vision of the One True King. Isaiah sees that, if God is on His eternal heavenly throne, there is no need to worry about who sits on a temporal earthly throne. Isaiah receives just what he needs--a glimpse of the Holy and Sovereign God. This is also what we need when uncertainty and fear fill our hearts and minds. We need to remember that God is on the throne.