FRIDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2024
TEXT:
Isaiah 6:1-8
1:
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!”
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
THE BIRTH OF A VISION
Prophet Isaiah's
encounter with the Lord in this passage keeps one in suspense. This is because
we get the impression that the prophet, who obviously has been in ministry
before this time, is receiving a compelling vision or revelation of what the
Lord intends to do in the midst of a fallen world. But what has Isaiah been
doing all along in ministry?
Well, we may not have
an accurate answer to that except to say that the Lord is birthing a new vision
concerning the world and is looking for an available and faithful person to
use. And that is the definition of a vision: the Lord has something in mind to
do. He puts that in the mind of a person and gives them a burden for it to be
carried out.
Towards this
understanding, today's text shows that everything Isaiah sees in this vision is
simply a divine colouration to God's vision for the world thankfully, Isaiah
receives the vision well, and offers to be used towards its realization!
QUESTION:
How close are you to the Lord to see what He sees and hear what He hears for
the world?
PRAYER:
Envision me, empower me and embolden me for Your service, O Lord. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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