One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Isaiah 6 let’s look at it together today.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” 8 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!”

The image described by Isaiah is amazing.  God sitting on a throne surrounded by flying angels.  The Angels are so struck by God’s presence that they are covering their faces and their feet.  They are crying out Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty.  Their voices are such that the temple is shaking at it’s very foundation.  Isaiah assumes at this point that he will die because he has seen God and he is overwhelmed with his sin and the sin of his people.  Isaiah’s sin is covered when he is touched by a burning coal from the altar and he responds to God by offering his life.  It truly is a beautiful scripture and picture that begs the question for us all.  How do we respond when we experience God’s presence?  We will probably never have an experience like Isaiah but all of us have experienced having our sin atoned for and our guilt taken away. God has a job for us all. He asks who shall I send to share my love and my message with the world?  What is our response?  We should all be like Isaiah and say here am I send me God. We have the opportunity, privilege, and responsibility to be His representatives here on earth.  May we all be as willing as Isaiah to carry out His mission for us.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave