Sometimes I really struggle to read new scriptures. And trust me, there is always something new that I have not yet read. Usually when this occurs I go back and hit up some of my favorites. You know, the ones that you just can't get enough of. Anywho, in order to satiate my hunger for scripture study I have decided to get a blog. I know these things may not seem to make sense together (haha) but trust me, I will find a way.
Today at work Heavenly Father reminded me of the first time I truly heard this scripture. It is my FAVORITE (am I allowed to say that?) and I was seriously blessed to be reminded of how thankful I am for it. This passage is a precise testament of what Heavenly Father has commissioned humanity to consummate. I mean, check out what happens: Isaiah SEES the Lord and is in His presence. He witnesses the seraphs worshipping Heavenly Father, and then he cries out in his uncleanliness. THEN something truly radiant ensues... the voice of the Lord rings out, calling for a representative of His Kingdom to go forth and fulfill the purpose that every Christian is called to attempt. Isaiah, who I can imagine is incredibly caught up in the emotion and wonder of it all, steps forward crying out, "Here am I! Send me!" When I think about that, WHOA... I am astonishingly overwhelmed. To think that Isaiah, a humble servant (albeit significant one) of the Lord could come forth to God's clear calling just blows my mind. Oh, the courage one must possess to hear the whispers of our Father and to fulfill the covenants between us! So, all that being said, take a minute and check it out.
Isaiah's Commission
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, 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 seraphs 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!"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
9 He said, "Go and tell this people:
" 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
" 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes. [a]
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
make their ears dull
and close their eyes. [a]
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
11 Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
12 until the LORD has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13 And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down,
so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down,
so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
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