Isaiah 6
A Personal Encounter with God!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, December 20.
How can you claim to represent someone you have never met? As Christians, we are called “ambassadors for Christ,” so how can we claim such an important position if we have never met the One we say we are representing (2 Corinthians 5:18-20)? This is why Christianity emphasizes a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ; an encounter with God is a requirement to fulfill such a job title. This is deeply rooted in the prophetic tradition of Israel, starting with Abraham, exemplified in Moses, carried on by Isaiah, and passed on to the church though Jesus. Foundational to his legitimacy as a prophet of God was Isaiah’s personal encounter with God, described in Isaiah 6:1-8:
I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.” And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” … Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Seize the moment and cry out to God for a personal encounter with Jesus. Once you have experienced the love of God, you will never be the same, as Jesus’ promised, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men” (Mark 1:17).
God bless you!
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