Do you want to have beautiful feet?
Reading from Isaiah chapter 6:1-4 (NIV) today.
"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With ? wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke."
Imagine that for a moment. You have this amazing vision of God, how do you respond? You know yourself, and now you see God. How do you feel standing in the presence of holiness?
The definition of repentance is when we see our sin the same way God does.
Isaiah sees this powerful vision and hears the shouts proclaiming how holy God is. He does not join in those shouts, he does not say, "Amen!" He examines himself and his people in the light of this and is cut to the heart.
"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." vv5
But then something amazing happens next, let's read on.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." vv6-7
When all hope is lost for Isaiah, suddenly his sin is taken away. Does this sound familiar? Haven't we all been there? Isn't this exactly what Jesus did for us, removed our guilt and took away our sin?
Reading on...
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!" v8
Now that we are saved, are we willing to be sent, so that others may hear?
"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Romans 10:14-15 (NIV)
Do we want beautiful feet?
Are we willing to pray that prayer, "Here am I, send me!"?
