Isaiah 6:1-8 (NRSV)
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Chapter 6In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Verse 2Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. Verse 3And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." Verse 4The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke.
Verse 5And I said: "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!" Verse 6Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. Verse 7The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out." Verse 8Then 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!"
Devotion
“Here I am, send me,” says Isaiah the prophet. What would our lives be like if every morning we said to God, “Here I am, send me”? My friend Eunie lives like that. Every morning she says, “OK God, I’m yours, what do you have in store for me today?”
Praying that kind of prayer involves giving up a lot of control. God has asked Eunie to do some very frightening things! Yet she has been blessed beyond belief by trusting God so completely with each of her days.
We can trust our lives to God for God is faithful. What does God have in store for you today? In some way or another, God has called you to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Wherever that takes you, God will be with you.
Prayer
Faithful God, help us to trust you with each of our days. Here we are, send us! Amen.