"So I Fainted"
Revelation 1:14-17
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: 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; I am the first and the last:"
I came across a touching story that demonstrates the kind of appreciation we should have for God's majesty and glory. In five-year-old Judd's Sunday School class, the teacher asked, “What would you do if Jesus walked in the door right now?” Without a word, Judd quickly laid down on the floor. When his teacher asked what he was doing, Judd replied, “Jesus just walked in, so I fainted.”
God is not the figure of jest and fun that our society so often portrays Him to be. He is the high and holy God who is above all things. When He passes by, the earth shakes. And if we see Him for who He really is, we will not feel prideful in His presence. Isaiah was a prophet of God, but when he saw his vision of the throne in Heaven, it magnified his shortcomings in his own eyes. “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” (Isaiah 6:5). In our proud society, it is easy for us to become infected with the idea that we are on God's level. We are not, and the more clearly we see Him, the less we will think of ourselves. In fact, when we see God for who He is through the pages of His Word, we will be filled with awe.
Growth Principle:
The natural response to an accurate view of God is repentance and worship.