Perspective, Part 3
Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8
Once you see God in his holiness, and once you see yourself realistically in light of God’s holiness, everything changes.
That’s what happened to Isaiah. One moment he was weepy and fearful, and the next he was emboldened with purpose. He wanted to represent the God he’d seen. He wanted to speak for this God who was holy, who had revealed his own sin to him, and yet hadn’t judged him.
Isaiah saw God and lived to tell about it. That’s what happens when you see God in his holiness and grace. You live to tell about it.
When you finally see God, everything changes.
It’s impossible to go on through life in autopilot when you’ve seen the exalted King. It’s impossible to keep living for yourself when God shows you your true nature. And, it’s impossible to ignore the people and nations around you after you seen God’s heart for them. Something happens. Something shifts.
And you find yourself standing, both arms extended, saying Here I am. Send me.
Do you have an eternal perspective? Has your knowledge of God changed how you see him, how you see yourself and how you see others? If not, if you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, then I’d like to suggest that you haven’t really seen God.
Isaiah’s Here I am response to God wasn’t exceptional. It’s what happens when humans get a picture of something bigger, better, greater and more holy than themselves.
Pray for that. Pray for that picture of God that changes everything for you.
And then tell him, Here I am. Send me.
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