“Here Am I;
Send Me!”
In the
year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on
a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs
were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their
faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one
called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole
earth is full of his glory.”
The
pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house
filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean
lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the
King, the LORD of hosts!”
Then one
of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the
altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now
that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is
blotted out.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us?” And I said,
“Here am I; send me!” And he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening,
but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’ Make the mind of
this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not
look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their
minds, and turn and be healed.”
Isaiah 6:1-10
When we
come into God’s presence, whether at church, during a lightning storm, at the
birth of a child, the death of a parent, or a sunrise, we are given an
opportunity to enlarge our understanding of God. Will you use that opportunity?
God
forgives us and cleanses us, but first we have to understand the depth of our
sin. Isaiah understood and he declared his availability and commitment to reach
out to others and to help them increase their understanding of God.
Ask God
to increase your own understanding of His greatness today.
Knowing about God is fascinating.
Knowing God personally is life-changing.
Our Daily Bread – January 23, 2009