“‘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 my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.’ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. And he laid it upon my mouth and said, ‘Behold, this has touched your lips, and your iniquity is taken away and your sin purged.’” Isaiah 6:5-7
These words of the Prophet Isaiah are a reminder to us that all of us are unclean and cannot stand in the presence of the Almighty God. Even our best worship and praise come from unclean lips and from a people of unclean lips. Only when our sin is purged and taken away by partaking in faith of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the holy Son of God in human flesh, can we come into God’s presence and offer up worship and praise acceptable in His sight.
“Woe is me,” O LORD, for I am sinful and unclean, unworthy to stand in Your presence. Wash away my sins in the blood of Jesus, shed for me on the cross, that I might be acceptable in Your sight and stand in Your presence. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the Revised Common Version of the Bible.]