May 15, 2009 - Amba(5/15/09) - Isaiah 6:8-13

This is a good passage to go over if you have time, but I am just going to comment a little on these six verses. If you need a guide to the rest of this chapter, just go to (http://www.enduringword.com/commentaries/2306.htm). 

 ⁸ Then 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!"

 ⁹ He said, "Go and tell this people: 
       " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; 
       be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'

 ¹⁰ Make the heart of this people calloused; 
       make their ears dull 
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       Otherwise they might see with their eyes, 
       hear with their ears, 
       understand with their hearts, 
       and turn and be healed."

 ¹¹ Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?" 
      And he answered: 
       "Until the cities lie ruined 
       and without inhabitant, 
       until the houses are left deserted 
       and the fields ruined and ravaged,

 ¹² until the LORD has sent everyone far away 
       and the land is utterly forsaken.

 ¹³ And though a tenth remains in the land, 
       it will again be laid waste. 
       But as the terebinth and oak 
       leave stumps when they are cut down, 
       so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."

Isaiah 6:8-13

Here Isaiah displays a heart that is true. In verse 8, we see the Trinity asking, "Whom shall I send... who will go for Us..." God does not really need to ask any questions. He knows all and whomever will stand up, will stand up. This verse begs a difference between two types of servants: one that will say "Here I am, I will go!" and one that will say "Here I am, send me!" The "I will go" servant is a servant who determines that they themselves are ready to serve God, not when God calls him/her. The "send me" servant is a servant whose readiness is determined by God. 

I consider myself the "Here I am, I will go!" servant mainly because I believed that I was ready to be a leader figure for the church, when I really wasn't. I did not wait on God's timing, but my own. Despite the fact that Cornerstone offered an amazing opportunity for me to grow, my mindset going into it was not the right one. Unlike Isaiah who was asking the Lord to send him, I told the Lord that I would go. See the difference? 

The rest will come tmrw ^^ 

Amen!