Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
He Saw the Lord
Isaiah 6:1-4
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. Isa 6:2 Above it stood the seraphim’s: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. Isa 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. Isa 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isaiah is one of the major prophets, and he had a special understanding of the future. The book by his name is often called the “Gospel of Isaiah”, because so many of his writings relate to the Lord Jesus Christ. The book contains 66 chapters. The first 39 deal with much of the Old Testament issues while the last 27 point to the future with chapters 52 and 53 describing the coming and crucifixion of Christ.
In today’s portion, Isaiah had a special vision of God in heaven on His throne. This vision was the turning point in his life. When he saw the Lord, he was filled with an understanding of his own spiritual shortcoming. After Isaiah understood his position, he was humbled and then fully surrendered to the Lord and the Lord’s will for his life.
We as children of God also need to have a vision of the Lord on His throne. The way we see the Lord today is through His Word, and because of that, I doubt that we will be able to see as clearly as Isaiah with our own physical eyes; but we can see the Lord spiritually as we read and study His Word and see Him there.
When we do this, we will be overwhelmed with His greatness and glory as we see the sovereign God of the universe for Who He is. He is over all things and in charge of everything, and for this reason, we can trust Him with our lives and find that when He is in control of our lives, we have His peace and know that He will guide us step by step into His perfect will. Therefore, when we see Him clearly, we will be humbled. This is when we should surrender to His perfect will and allow Him to be the One who has total control of our lives just as Isaiah did.
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. Isaiah 6:8
Bible Reading for the Year
February 5th, Exodus 37-38; Matthew 23:23-39
Prayer Needs
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She had a CT scan on February 4th and will see the doctor on February 6th at Duke. Pray that God will remove the tumor and that there will be no more cancer. Pray for another miracle!
Please pray for Jackson Broome. They have chosen to go with chemotherapy which began on February 3rd. The transplant will take place on February 11th.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous. He will have surgery on Feb 16th at Duke to remove the tumor. The doctor is hoping to save the kidney if possible.
Please pray for Madison Bowers Millwee who is having difficulties with her pregnancy.
Pray for Anderson and Meredith Womble’s baby. Baby Drew has had a few good days! This is a blessing, and we are praising God for that.
Please pray for Missy Board, Jackie Whitehurst’s friend, who has lesions on her spinal cord.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He saw his eye doctor on January 20th. The doctor could not find any way that he could help Marvin. Please continue to pray much for his eyesight.
Please pray for Griselda Ramirez’s mother, Luisa. Her heart failure is getting much worse. Pray for wisdom for the doctors to be able to help her.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta that her hip will heal soon, and that she can begin to do a little more each day.
Please continue to pray for Phil Corey. Pray for his continual dialysis treatments.
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Pray for our Missionaries!
Sue Singleton and the mission in Cambodia
Dr. Joe Jordan and the CBM (Cross and Bible Ministries)
Travis and Caroline Fennessy – IBM missionaries to Southeast Asia