Who Will Go? Part 1

Isaiah 6:1-8
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!"

I can imagine the scene when Isaiah saw God. He thought he was going to die because he knew his position before God. Being a sinner, he understood that the righteous God cannot tolerate sin. He was afraid, so afraid that he cried out in verse 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." That was the end of him, or so he thought.

Instead of facing the wrath of God, Isaiah saw the other side of God; One who is full of grace and mercy. God forgave Isaiah of all his sins.

Isaiah was surprised and amazed! In fact, he was delirious!

And when God asked “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?”, Isaiah said without a second thought, “Here am I. Send me!”

Zero hesitation.

Isaiah knew that the task won’t be easy, but that didn’t stop him from going for God. Do you know that because of Isaiah’s messages (mostly warnings, judgements, events that took place in his time, with a few messages of hope in the end.), he had few friends during his life time? Nevertheless, he faithfully continued to bring God’s message to the world.

If one day God were to call out, “Who will go?” Will you be like Isaiah, who without hesitation said, “Here am I. Send me!” Will you be as eager as him? Will you still have the fire for God? Or will you hide your face from Him?