"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 24 January 2012"
Today's Blog Title: "Isaiah Called To Be A Prophet"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-13
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 6:8: "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
In Chapter 6, Isaiah recounts his original call to the prophetic ministry, dating it from the year that king Uzziah died, 740 B.C. With the death of the ungodly Uzziah, Judah's golden age was fast slipping away. No human leader appeared on the scene to reverse the decadence that had began during Uzziah's final years of isolation due to leprosy. At this crucial hour, the prophets attention was turned to God Himself, the true Sovereign in affairs of men. A "throne" refers to the throne of heaven. "His train" refers to His royal robes. "Seraphim" (burning ones) are six winged angelic creatures that continually fly in the presence of God, declaring His holiness. "Holy, holy, holy" is a threefold declaration of God's person and may be taken as a suggestion of the Trinity as we see in verse 8 when He uses the word "Us".
Isaiah's confession: Having seen God in the full glory of His holiness, Isaiah pronoinces the prophetic "Woe" upon himself. This was a legal charge meaning "ruined" or "death." His self evaluation was "I am undone" meaning, "to be dumb" or "silent." Thus his responce was a statement of total self-condemnation: "I am dead...I am speechless!" Recognizing that he has no legitimate excuse for himself, he further realizes that he is "unclean", "defiled" or "polluted." This self-evaluation is made in ligt of the fact that he has seen "The King, the LORD of hosts." The heavenly King is identified as "Yahweh" Himself, who is called "LORD of hosts" 62 times in the Book of Isaiah and 261 times throughout the Old Tesyament
Isaiah's Consecration: Isaiah's confession of his personal sin brought the response of God's cleansing to equip him for service to the Lord. The "altar" was the place of blood sacrifice, called by later rabbinic writers the "paraclete, or place of expiation or intercession. The "coal" has no redemptive ability of its own but is symbolic of the efficacy of burnt offering consumed on the altar. Thus Isaiah sin was "purged" or "cleansed."
In verse 8 God ask the question, "Whom shall I send?" God knew the answer and had alraedy chosen Isaiah. But the question provided Isiah with the opportunity to volunteer. God values our service, but more than anything we can do, He values our willingness. Just as God protected Isaiah's freeedom of choice by asking rather than commanding, so He protects His own today. Our resoibse as Christians today to being forgiven is to eagerly offer our service. But the Lord will not force you to serve Him, we must volunteer.
Isaiah's Commission: God warns Isaiah that his ministry, for the most part, will fall upon deaf ears. Isaiah's fellow countrymen will not heed his preaching. When he ask how long they will be unresponsive, Isaiah's told that generation will follow generation "until the cities lies runied." God's Word always has an impact, whether it is accepted or rejected. Yet Isaiah's mission to Judah would only seem to fail. After God's judgment on Judah, new life would spring up, as young twigs struggle up out of seemingly dead stumps. We as Christians should not be discouraged even when the results are truly discouraging.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Today's Bible Verse from Genesis 1:26.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray also for God's Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
"You are my hiding place; You shall perserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance." Psalm 32:7
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "Isaiah Called To Be A Prophet"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-13
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 6:8: "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
In Chapter 6, Isaiah recounts his original call to the prophetic ministry, dating it from the year that king Uzziah died, 740 B.C. With the death of the ungodly Uzziah, Judah's golden age was fast slipping away. No human leader appeared on the scene to reverse the decadence that had began during Uzziah's final years of isolation due to leprosy. At this crucial hour, the prophets attention was turned to God Himself, the true Sovereign in affairs of men. A "throne" refers to the throne of heaven. "His train" refers to His royal robes. "Seraphim" (burning ones) are six winged angelic creatures that continually fly in the presence of God, declaring His holiness. "Holy, holy, holy" is a threefold declaration of God's person and may be taken as a suggestion of the Trinity as we see in verse 8 when He uses the word "Us".
Isaiah's confession: Having seen God in the full glory of His holiness, Isaiah pronoinces the prophetic "Woe" upon himself. This was a legal charge meaning "ruined" or "death." His self evaluation was "I am undone" meaning, "to be dumb" or "silent." Thus his responce was a statement of total self-condemnation: "I am dead...I am speechless!" Recognizing that he has no legitimate excuse for himself, he further realizes that he is "unclean", "defiled" or "polluted." This self-evaluation is made in ligt of the fact that he has seen "The King, the LORD of hosts." The heavenly King is identified as "Yahweh" Himself, who is called "LORD of hosts" 62 times in the Book of Isaiah and 261 times throughout the Old Tesyament
Isaiah's Consecration: Isaiah's confession of his personal sin brought the response of God's cleansing to equip him for service to the Lord. The "altar" was the place of blood sacrifice, called by later rabbinic writers the "paraclete, or place of expiation or intercession. The "coal" has no redemptive ability of its own but is symbolic of the efficacy of burnt offering consumed on the altar. Thus Isaiah sin was "purged" or "cleansed."
In verse 8 God ask the question, "Whom shall I send?" God knew the answer and had alraedy chosen Isaiah. But the question provided Isiah with the opportunity to volunteer. God values our service, but more than anything we can do, He values our willingness. Just as God protected Isaiah's freeedom of choice by asking rather than commanding, so He protects His own today. Our resoibse as Christians today to being forgiven is to eagerly offer our service. But the Lord will not force you to serve Him, we must volunteer.
Isaiah's Commission: God warns Isaiah that his ministry, for the most part, will fall upon deaf ears. Isaiah's fellow countrymen will not heed his preaching. When he ask how long they will be unresponsive, Isaiah's told that generation will follow generation "until the cities lies runied." God's Word always has an impact, whether it is accepted or rejected. Yet Isaiah's mission to Judah would only seem to fail. After God's judgment on Judah, new life would spring up, as young twigs struggle up out of seemingly dead stumps. We as Christians should not be discouraged even when the results are truly discouraging.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Today's Bible Verse from Genesis 1:26.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray also for God's Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
"You are my hiding place; You shall perserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance." Psalm 32:7
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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