Saying “Yes” to God’s Call

Isaiah 6 (ESV)

6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

1. Times of are often times of encounter with God.

² Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. ³ And one called to another and said:

       “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
        the whole earth is full of his glory!”

2. When we see God as he is, we will be impressed with his and .

⁴ And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. ⁵ And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

3. When we see ourselves as we are, we will be impressed with our .

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

4. God’s remedy for our sinfulness is atonement through the of his Son, Jesus Christ.

⁸ And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 

5. Once in right relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ, God intends for us to say “Yes” to his to .

⁹ And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
     “ ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
     keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
¹⁰    Make the heart of this people dull,
     and their ears heavy,
     and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
     and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
     and turn and be healed.”
¹¹    Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
     And he said:
     “Until cities lie waste
     without inhabitant,
     and houses without people,
     and the land is a desolate waste,
¹²    and the Lord removes people far away,
     and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
¹³    And though a tenth remain in it,
     it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
     whose stump remains
     when it is felled.”
The holy seed is its stump.

6. The assignment God gives us may be .

7. Our obedience to God’s call . . .

• will be enabled by God’s Spirit,
• will be accompanied by God’s presence,
• will result in our living with a deep sense of purpose, satisfaction, and joy,
• will be ultimately for God’s .