In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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 in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said:
“Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Then I said,
“Here I am! Send me.”
In a nutshell, Isaiah announces that God’s judgment will purify Israel and prepare his people to the coming messianic king and new Jerusalem (BP).
He is commissioned, sent, with a very special and specific task.
He thinks he is not good enough, he thinks he is unworthy, and he thinks that because he is such a sinner God could never use him. We read Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.
Then rather than destroying him, God’s holiness purifies him, “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”.
God is so good and pure and holy and just that He can give some of that to Isaiah – and He will give that to you too.
Then, the piece we want to really focus on –
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Then I said,
“Here I am! Send me.”
God is looking for someone to send – “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
God is asking because He wants people to reach people – will you be His people?
Isn’t this amazing – God wants to use you.
God wants to send you.
God is calling you – will you answer His call?
Isaiah answered that call really strongly, didn’t he,
“Here I am! Send me.”
Isaiah wanted to be the answer to God’s question.
He didn’t say, “Here I am, I will go.”, he wouldn’t go unless he knew he was sent by the LORD. Many are quick to say, “Here I am, I will go” but never wait for the LORD to send them (DG).
“Here I am! Send me.”
Will you say that this year?
Our 2020 focus as a church is on the part of our vision that states that we are willing to serve.
Let us make 2020 the year when we all, individually and collectively, say here I am Lord, send me.
