Peter Eide hit me hard again today. Not literally, Peter is not that kind of guy, but figuratively…
We read the commissioning of Isaiah, and talked about it. Here Isaiah is in the temple, and sees God and realizes he is in the wrong place, because he is not worthy to be here, but God cleanses him with a coal on the lips, because as Jesus said it is not what goes into a person, but what comes out of them that defiles them.
So that was not the part that really got me, it was the next part. God says whom shall we send. Well really what are your choices. I mean according to the story the only ones in the temple are God, the seraphs, and Isaiah. So Isaiah is standing there looking for someone else to step up and sees no one and says, “Here am I.” And it is important the way he said this. Notice Isaiah did not say, “Here I am.” Like here I am, look at me. Here I am, standing right here, he did not give God his location, as God already knew that, and they were the only ones in the temple… Isaiah said, “Here am I.” Like here is my offering, here am I, I am offering all my life to you.
Isaiah offered his life as an offering to God to use. And God used him as he was, and sent him on a mission none of us would want.
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