Here am I, Send Me

Creation: A Divine Cycle
The Savior Has Been born

God Promises a Savior

Isaiah 6:1-8 The Message

Holy, Holy, Holy!

6 ^1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Master sitting on a throne—high, exalted!—and the train of his robes filled the Temple. Angel-seraphs hovered above him, each with six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two their feet, and with two they flew. And they called back and forth one to the other,

Holy, Holy, Holy is God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
His bright glory fills the whole earth.

The foundations trembled at the sound of the angel voices, and then the whole house filled with smoke. I said,

“Doom! It’s Doomsday!
    I’m as good as dead!
Every word I’ve ever spoken is tainted—
    blasphemous even!
And the people I live with talk the same way,
    using words that corrupt and desecrate.
And here I’ve looked God in the face!
    The King! God-of-the-Angel-Armies!”

Then one of the angel-seraphs flew to me. He held a live coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. He touched my mouth with the coal and said,

“Look. This coal has touched your lips.
    Gone your guilt,
    your sins wiped out.”
And then I heard the voice of the Master:
    “Whom shall I send?
    Who will go for us?”
I spoke up,
    “I’ll go.
    Send me!”

For Reflection

In seeing God's son, we have looked God in the face and recognized ourselves reflected in the eyes of Christ.  Christ's birth, life and death is the coal that has touched our lips.  Are we ready to speak up?  Are we ready to become God's collaborator?  Are we prepared to say, "Here am I.  Send me?"

Pray

for the courage to say yes when God places an opportunity to serve in your path.  Pray for courage. Pray for wisdom.  Pray not for God to save you.  Rather, pray that you will collaborate with God to help fully realized God's Kingdom on Earth.