Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thurs.'s Devo -Isaiah's Commission

Read Isa. 6:2-8
In Isaiah's vision we get a picture of what is going on in heaven. God is on his throne and his glory is filling the temple. There are seraphims above him with 6 wings. They use two to cover their face, two to cover their feet and two to fly with. Seraphims are only spoke of 7 times in the Bible and refer to fiery serpents. Remember Satan was once an exalted angel in heaven and manifested in the garden as a serpent because he was one of the seraphims. God sends these creatures to earth to bring judgment or life depending on the circumstance. God sent them down to bit the people and many died in Numbers 21:6, but two verses later he is using a serpent to heal them and give them life. The seraphims in today's verse worship the Lord crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." When they say this the door posts shake and smoke fills the house. It is such an awesome sight that Isaiah immediately repents of his unworthiness to see this. One of the seraphims then takes a live coal from the altar and places it on Isaiah's mouth and pronounced him sinless. Then the Lord asks a question of who will go for them to tell the people the word of the Lord. Isaih says that he will go. What a way to be commissioned!!!
Lord, I wonder if that is what it looks like in heaven when a person is commissioned. Everyday God commissions us to go forth and be the gospel to a dying world. Maybe if we could see this process in heave we would realize the importance of our witness.
Lord, may we be quick to go with the humility of this experience in our mind. Here we are, send us.

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