In my reading last night, Isaiah 6 was referenced as Francis was talking about how huge God is and how we should respond to him. I pulled out my Bible and started reading through this chapter and was really challenged!
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!"9 He said, "Go and tell this people..."
- Isaiah saw God sitting on his throne -- how awesome would that be!
- He realized he was not worthy and was humbled by the experience.
The coolest thing I noticed was that because of his humbling encounter with the throne of God, when God said "I need someone to send, who shall I send?" Isaiah immediately said, "Send me!" He didn't even know what God was needing him to do, but just because of what he saw in God, he had a desire to be used by God.
Often, I think we wait to see if something fits with our "giftings" before we decide whether to serve God. This has its place, but I think we are supposed to be more like Isaiah.
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