[Linux4christians] Tuesday - Isaiah 6

[dcolburn at bibleseven.com]

    Tuesday


      Isaiah 6



Isaiah's Commission

6:1 In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the sovereign master 
seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the 
temple. 6:2 Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two 
wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and 
they used the remaining two to fly. 6:3 They called out to one another, 
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor 
fills the entire earth!" 6:4 The sound of their voices shook the door 
frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

6:5 I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are 
contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated 
by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies." 6:6 
But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal 
he had taken from the altar with tongs. 6:7 He touched my mouth with it 
and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; 
your sin is forgiven." 6:8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master 
say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I 
am, send me!" 6:9 He said, "Go and tell these people:

'Listen continually, but don't understand!

Look continually, but don't perceive!'

6:10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and 
their eyes blind!

Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their 
hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."

6:11 I replied, "How long, sovereign master?" He said, "Until cities are 
in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is 
ruined and devastated,

6:12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the 
very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

6:13 Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will 
again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah 
pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred 
pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."




      Prayer


Lord, You are holy, we are not. May I be as aware of Your holiness as 
was Isaiah.



      Commentary


Isaiah explained the experience of his calling to the prophetic ministry 
"I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne ..." and 
He was surrounded by angelic beings who celebrated "Holy, holy, holy is 
the Lord ..."

He was frightened "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are 
contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated 
by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord ..." because his (and that 
of the people around him) imperfection could not survive the presence of 
the Lord God. He was correct.

Isaiah then reported "But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his 
hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched 
my mouth with it and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your 
evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.""

It was at that moment that Isaiah's heard the call "I heard the voice of 
the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our 
behalf?"" ... and he answered ... "Here I am, send me!"

The Lord God then defined Isaiah's prophetic ministry "Go and tell these 
people ..." who "Listen continually, but don't understand! Look 
continually, but don't perceive!'"

The Lord God then declared that He would "Make the hearts of these 
people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise 
they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts 
might understand and they might repent and be healed.""

Isaiah asked the Lord how long would this punishment last, to which He 
replied "Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are 
uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated, and the Lord has 
sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land 
is completely abandoned."

The Lord concluded His edict of complete national obliteration within 
the land "Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will 
again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah 
pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred 
pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."



      Interaction


        Consider

The celebration of the holiness of the Lord God in Heaven is an amazing 
thing to imagine.


        Discuss

Would you have the presence of mind for Isaiah to cry out "Here I am, 
send me!" to the Lord?



        Reflect

Isaiah's very challenging ministry was to people who "Listen 
continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't 
perceive!'" He was to tell them that terrible trouble, beyond what they 
had already experienced, awaited them.


        Share

When have you experienced or observed a moment in praise and worship, or 
in prayerful and intense study of the Word of God, where a sense of His 
unique holiness overwhelmed you?



      Faith in Action


        Prayer:

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you a place in your journey where you 
"Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't 
perceive!'"



        Action:

Today I will confess and repent, ask forgiveness and receive it from the 
Lord, and then surrender to the Holy Spirit as He leads me to listen 
with His ears, understand with His wisdom, see with His filter (so that 
I notice what He says is important), and perceive with His perspective 
of eternity.


        Be Specific ______________________________________________________



    Wednesday's text will be:


      Isaiah 7



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