Isaiah Chapter 6
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"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD siting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. "
"In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, with the hem of his robe filling the Temple."
I want you to know that whatever leader, structure or security you're relying on can change or disappear, but there's a steadiness underneath all of it that doesn't. Let that be the ground you actually stand on when everything else feels uncertain.
"Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. "
"Above the throne stood flaming heavenly beings called seraphim, each with six wings - two covering their faces, two covering their feet, and two used for flying."
Even the mightiest among us have reason for humility before something greater than ourselves - I want you to hold onto that same posture: confident enough to fly, humble enough to cover your face before what deserves real reverence.
"And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. "
"They called out to one another, 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven's Armies; the whole earth is full of his glory!'"
I want you to notice the world is full of something worth wonder, not just danger and disappointment - the sense of awe you feel looking at a sunset or a newborn is real, and it's worth paying attention to.
"And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. "
"The doorposts shook at the sound of their voices, and the whole house filled with smoke."
Real encounters with truth and awe tend to shake something in you - don't be afraid when a moment of insight rattles your assumptions; that shaking can be the start of something good, not something to fear.
"Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. "
"Then I said, 'I'm in trouble! I'm ruined - because I am a man of unclean words, living among a people of unclean words, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.'"
I don't need you to pretend you have it all together before you come near what's good and true - honest self-awareness, even when uncomfortable, is exactly the starting point for real change. Don't hide your flaws from me; bring them.
"Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: "
"Then one of the seraphim flew to me, carrying a glowing coal he had taken from the altar with tongs."
I don't ask you to fix your own guilt through sheer effort - real cleansing and forgiveness are things offered to you, not things you have to manufacture alone. Let yourself receive help rather than insisting on doing it all yourself.
"And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. "
"He touched it to my mouth and said, 'Look, this has touched your lips - your guilt is removed, and your sin is forgiven.'"
Whatever you're carrying that feels unforgivable, I want you to hear this clearly: honest confession is always met with real forgiveness, not endless punishment. Let go of the guilt once it's been faced - carrying it further serves no one.
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. "
"Then I heard the Lord's voice saying, 'Who will I send? Who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here I am - send me!'"
Once you've let go of guilt and shame, you become genuinely free to say yes to something meaningful - not because you have to, but because you finally can. What is it you keep holding back from because you don't yet believe you're worthy? Step forward anyway.
"And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. "
"He said, 'Go and tell this people: You will hear again and again, but never understand; you will look again and again, but never truly see.'"
I want you to know that sometimes truth is spoken and simply isn't received, no matter how clearly it's offered - and that's not a failure of the message or the messenger. Keep speaking what's true anyway; the outcome isn't entirely in your hands.
"Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. "
"Make this people's minds dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes shut, so they won't see with their eyes or hear with their ears or understand with their minds and turn back and be healed."
I never want to shut anyone out of understanding - but I do want you to notice how repeatedly ignoring your own conscience can genuinely dull it over time. Keep your heart soft and responsive; don't let habitual denial harden into something you can no longer feel.
"Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, "
"Then I said, 'Lord, how long will this last?' And he answered, 'Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them, and the houses stand empty, and the land is left completely desolate.'"
It's alright to ask hard, honest questions about how long suffering or difficulty will last - I don't want blind acceptance from you, I want honest relationship, even when the answer isn't the one you hoped for.
"And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. "
"Until the LORD has sent people far away, and there is great emptiness left throughout the land."
Consequences that build up unaddressed over time can eventually uproot everything familiar - which is exactly why I keep pointing you back to small, honest course-corrections now, before things reach a point that's this hard to undo.
"But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. "
"But even then a tenth will remain in it, and it will return and be consumed again - like a terebinth tree or an oak that, when cut down, still has a stump with life left in it; that stump is the holy seed."
However devastated your life or circumstances feel right now, there is always something alive underneath, capable of growing again - I want you to trust that, even when all you can see is the wreckage on the surface. New life can come from what looks like a dead stump.