Isaiah's commission - Isaiah 6 - should also be our commission!

 Good morning all.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN!!

  Well, another day in our lives to go forth and stand up for JESUS CHRIST.  Then comes the question--WILL YOU STAND UP FOR JESUS CHRIST????

  At the beginning of Isaiah the seraphim with six wings are singing HOLY HOLY HOLY!!  But why 3 times?  Why not just God is Holy?  Well, a couple of reasons: first, to repeat the word or phrase repeatedly, in Hebrew, showed intensity of your communication, and, second, the God head is three in one.

   Then as I begin reading in verse 8, God says whom shall I send?  What does Isaiah say?   “Here am I. Send me!”  There is emphasis here,  It is not just "here I am, I'll go", but great emphasis of "HERE AM I, SEND ME". This is important because he is willing, able, and has determination to go where God wants him to go.

   Then what does God say after that?  Isaiah must tell the people what God says.  This may be what he is saying to us and America:

verse 9 -(they will) “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;

    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

 Woe! don't understand, don't perceive, calloused heart, don't hear, don't see?  This first part, in blue, means Isaiah will be speaking to a "negative" audience.  A group that choses not to hear the truth.  They are calloused and turned away.  If you have ever spoke to a group that did not wish to hear what you were saying you would understand where he is and how discouraging it can be.  BUT, he continued.

  Then, the next part, in red, is saying if they do see, hear, and understand they will turn away from their wicked ways and be healed.  Healed meaning a heart for God.

   Isaiah wants to know how long he will speak to this negative and evil peoples who do not wish to hear his words.  Here is what the LORD GOD says and we probably should heed this word:

   11 Then I said, “For how long, 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.”

This is the word to us as well.  We must spread the word, the gospel until cities lie ruined and/or there is repenting by the peoples. Isaiah's message is not without hope; our message is not without hope.

    Are you willing to share the word of the Bible until the end?  Barring all ridicule and/or torture, will you continue to share the Good News of JESUS CHRIST?   I have to ask myself this question daily if not more often.  Thank you for reading. Take up Isaiah's commission and go forth my friend, go forth boldly.  Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny