Here Am I; Send Me!

We could talk at length with regard to the sovereignty of God and perhaps we should, but let us not neglect to emphasize the holiness of God.

The Holiness of God (Isaiah 6:3)

Isaiah recounts the presence of the seraphim. These are angels whose name literally means “the burning ones” because light emanated from them because of their holiness and purity. And yet, they covered their face with their wings so that they might show honor to the source of holiness; God almighty. The text says that they covered their feet, which is likely a sign of humility.

We live in a generation, as did Isaiah that has forgotten the holiness of God. Why are men and woman separated from God eternally if they should die without having repented of their sin and accepted Christ atonement? For what reason are men denied accesses to Heaven to live in a state of eternal separation from God?

The biblical message is that God is perfectly holy and He cannot look upon that which is unclean. God is pure and cannot overlook the evil that we do to one another in this life! Sin is an affront to God’s holiness! How much different would our actions be if in the moment of decision we considered the holiness of God?

How much would our hearts be changed if we mediated on the reality of the holiness and purity and love of the one who created us to live in perfect communion with Him? How much more pure would our motives be if we lived out of a commitment not to bring offense to the holy God of creation?

Would that our hearts would break under the burden of guilt for the sin we have committed in this life that we might run for the shelter of the Cross! O for a generation of believers who would once again agonize under the conviction of sin and cry out in the presence of a holy God as did Isaiah, “Woe to me! I am ruined for I am a man of unclean lips who lives among a people of unclean lips. My eyes have seen the holiness of the King and I am ruined!” (v5 paraphrased)

But alas, we are a generation who has been desensitized to the stench of our own sin and which has been blinded to the purity of God! Dear Saints of God, hear me this morning, mine is a heart which longs to see men and women of God return to a full and right understanding of the sovereignty and holiness of God that we might learn to relate rightly to Him according to the forgiveness that is found in Jesus Christ!

Juxtaposed to the message being pumped out of big media churches, opposite the mainstream prosperity gospel message, we don’t have to live lives which only mirror the culture. We don’t serve a God who is primarily concerned with making us prosperous and successful. The primary work of the Holy Spirit is to reconcile us back to God so that we might receive the fullness of peace, hope, joy, love, no matter what the prince of this world throws at us; not matter what life brings.

The best self-help seminar ever attended was right here in Isaiah chapter 6. We don’t need the power of positive thinking. We need to cast ourselves on the mercy of almighty God that He might infuse us with His Spirit, His power, His worth, His love, and thus enable us for the very real trials of this life.