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Chapter 6 (ESV)

1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”

4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

 

REFLECTION:

  1. Read this passage, paying attention to the dialogue between the angels and Isaiah.
  2. As God’s mouthpiece to the nations, Isaiah experienced this unforgettable encounter with the Lord at the outset of his ministry. An angel-seraph flew down to Isaiah and touched his mouth with a burning coal.
  3. The mouth is one of the most sensitive parts of the body. Explore your spiritual life to identify sensitive areas that would hurt deeply at God’s touch.  Why are these areas the most sensitive?  Consider what your relationship with God might look like, now and in the long term, if he purified these areas of your life.
  4. Invite God to burn these sensitive areas of your life so you can serve him more effectively. Ask two people who are close to you what they believe to be areas of your life in need of refining of God’s touch.  Be prepared to consider answers that may be hard to hear but are beneficial.

 

PRAYER:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what He wants to tell you.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in your spiritual journal.

 

HYMN:

Make Me Holy – youtu.be/YR0QKyKNgZw