July 03, 2021: SOAP #4230:  Isaiah 6-7; 2Chronicles 26-27; Philemon

SCRIPTURE:  Isaiah (NIV) 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs… 3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”…
5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

OBSERVATION:  The revelation of God’s majesty and holiness brought an awareness of the prophet’s sin and the sin around him.  The removal of guilt and forgiveness of sin brought the ability to hear “the voice of the Lord.” 

APPLICATION:  Our nation is struggling under the weight of sin.  We are in the harvest season and many of us do not like what we are reaping!  But this is only the beginning of the harvest.  We have only begun to harvest the borders of the field.  The whole field is full of things that dishonor God!  When God’s people see the holiness of God, we will cringe at the wickedness of what is around us.  When the Holy Spirit touches us, we will hear the voice of God.  We will rise up and go forth like a mighty army, but the nation will not change.  Out of a nation headed for judgment, God will reap His harvest, His church. 

The darkness of our environment will make the glory of God shine even brighter!  

PRAYER: Touch me, Holy Spirit.  Then touch through me, I pray.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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