Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Here am I! Send me."
Text: Isaiah 6:8
RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF THE LORD
Isaiah’s response to the call of the LORD is insightful and instructive. The call of the LORD deserves our attention.
“Then one of the seraphim flew to me,
having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.
And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
‘Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged.’
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
‘Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?’
Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.'”
Isaiah 6:6-8
1. Confession of Isaiah:
a) He knew that he needed cleansing.
b) But he could not make himself clean.
2. Cleansing of Isaiah:
a) A seraph took a live coal from the altar in heaven.
b) He took this coal with tongs.
c) He then took the coal and applied it to the lips of Isaiah.
d) He went on to make a declaration:
i) His iniquity is taken away.
ii) His sin is purged.
e) Isaiah is now effectively cleansed.
f) The woe that he felt has been removed from him.
3. The Call from the LORD.
a) “Whom shall I send?”
b) “Who will go for us?”
c) This was an awesome call from the mouth of the LORD.
4. The Commitment of Isaiah.
a) “Here am I! Send me”
b) Isaiah was deeply moved to commit himself to serving the LORD.
i) He had seen the LORD.
ii) He had heard His voice.
iii) He had experienced cleansing.
iv) It was only appropriate and right to commit himself to serving God.