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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.”
Isaiah was called to a very discouraging ministry. He was called to point out the sins and need for repentance to a nation that would not listen. Israel had split into two kingdoms, and both kingdoms had rulers that turned their hearts from God. It was a turbulent time for Israel, and Isaiah was called by God to point out them to repentance. Isaiah calling came in a vision from God; he visited the heavens and saw God’s glory on the Throne, and his own sin became to bear down on him. As his humility wrought him, an angel of God touched his lips with a live coal from the alter and purged his sin. Isaiah was moved to thanksgiving and service with that realization of the cleansing. God spoke in the heavenly court with the question above to draw Isaiah zeal in service to Him as a prophet.
Do you get that idea of humble thanksgiving in the act of your Salvation? An angel of God may have not touched your lips, but Christ gave His life for you by dying on a Cross! The lesser of the two moved Isaiah to dedicate his life to serving the King; how can we dishonor the ultimate sacrifice by simply resting in it? There must come a point in the life of the believer that we realize it is not about us; or what God can do for us. It is about a life dedicated to service for our time here, to be vessels for God to draw others to Himself. Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. If your faith lies in the ideal of God as a gift giver; of material blessings that overflow as a result of your faith; you are sadly, eternally mistaken. Your life here in service to Him will pay the way for your eternal rewards in His kingdom. A marker of your faith is not the external worth, but the internal self sacrifice out of love for Him.
Has God laid a vision on your heart? Has He shown you the measure of your sin? In these has He pressed into you the need for you to realize what He has done for you in the pinnacle act of grace? The term “bondservant” is used throughout the Bible as a term of dedication. Romans 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God. The Apostle Paul even shows himself here “separated” to a life dedicated to God. Paul is not different from that idea for you and I in a life dedicated to Christ. Our lives are not to be in pursuit of the things that will pass away, but lives working for the eternal. What in your life today will make a difference eternally? Will it be the relationship with God in a life in pursuit of Him? Today could be the day that makes a difference in your life for eternity; and those lives around you that see the change, and they join you there.
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