Now I’m gonna do something I dont normally do and thats read out of the KJV.
I know the younger you are the less you want to read out of the KJV and thats cool but you’ll see how its quite appropriate this morning - Isaiah 6:1-9
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people”
So here is Isaiah having this real God moment. He’s standing before God Himself and theres these seraphim's, which are angels, now check this out, not some little baby angels we see pictures of but these mighty angelic beings ok? And these angels are crying out, basically singing, praising God so loud that the whole place was shaking. Can you picture that? Have you ever been at a concert or a club or something and maybe close to the speakers and it was so loud that you could feel the vibration of the music? Have you? Well this is like a 100 times greater than that.
And the 1st thing out of his mouth is “Woe to me” - you know why?
Because he realizes at that moment he is in a very very holy place, ...there before God and he is feeling very very not holy.
Because he knows, he knows he’s not living a holy life. And this is a man of God.
Pretty crazy right? But pretty real. I think we’d all feel that way.
Now heres the deal. Isaiah worked for the King. King Uzziah. And he placed great importance on the fact that he worked for the King. He was the court historian, basically the Press Secretary in our terms today. And he is all about the King. He is heavily influenced by the King. I mean his life revolves around the King and basically he’s gotten a bit out of balance. You trackin with me?
Hangin out with King Uzziah has become his greatest influence - more than God Almighty being his greatest influence in life. …….And this a worship situation…...
Here’s a question… do we ever do that? You and me. Do we ever get caught up in other people or things or activities that they become a greater influence in our lives than God is?
Does that happen?
Are we caught up in what are friends are doing more than what God is doing?
Are we more into the sport we love rather than what God loves?
Are we caught up in our work more than what God would want us to be involved in?
Are we caught up in sharing on social media more than sharing the love of God with others?
I mean that happens to us too just like Isaiah.
Maybe we allow other things to dominate our lives rather than God dominating our lives.
You see for Isaiah, King Uzziah was blocking his view of God. For us, something else may be blocking our view of God.
I mean hear me folks, God is HUGE. He holds the universe in his hands. It doesnt matter how much we know of Gods love or mercy or power… that is just a teaspoon in the ocean. He goes on & on & on and something tiny, some little ity bity thing can block our view of a great big God.
Its like...
If you have your phone and if you hold it up in front of your face, I mean where its almost touching your nose, the only thing you can see is whats right in front of you.
Thats whats happening to Isaiah. Thats what happens to us.
We get caught up in friends, hobbies, career, our phones constantly in front of our faces and we cant see God because we are distracted. …….Oh thats the BIG word, distracted.
What could be distracting you from seeing God? … Do you know what that is?
So how do we fix that? Whats the remedy? Whats the solution?
Life is better with God front and center. Hear me now, life is better with God front and center.
Matt. 6:33 says “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Put God 1st and life is better.
So what can you and I do?
Lets look at what we just read in Is. 6
V.5
Then Isaiah said, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
You know what this tells me I need to do 1st when I realize Im distracted and that distraction is blocking my view? Confess. This is personal confession. Whatever it may be that is distracting you from seeing God, whatever is keeping you away from God- you realize what that is and you confess it
Isaiah said Woe to me I am a man of unclean lips.
You and I would would say, woe to me I have been distracted by…. And whatever that is you tell God.
You are confessing to Him that its been blocking your view.
1 Timothy 1:19 says, “Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.”
So the 1st thing we do is confess
Heres the 2nd, vs 7
“And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.”
This is personal consecration - I know consecration is a big churchy word, go ahead and say ‘consecration’ out loud- do it, it has a bunch of syllables you feel smarter just saying it.
Consecration simply means devoted. It means we are so devoted to God we lay down or put aside those distractions blocking our view of God.
Look at Psalm 51:17, “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, you, God, will not despise.”
Once we have realized the distraction and we confessed it to be so, now we lay it down before God. We tell God, “I dont want this distraction to block my view of you Lord, I want You to be front and center.” Now hear me, that doesnt mean you no longer hang out with friends, or love sports or our hobbies or throw your phone or computer in the dumpster… okay?
We are simply saying we no longer want them to keep us away from what You God want in our lives. So we consecrate, we sacrifice, we lay it down before You so You God are truly number 1 in my life. I’m devoted….You see that?
Then we move to the 3rd part. Vs 9
“And he (God) said, Go, and tell this people”
This is our mission. Its personal commission.
God has something for you. He has a mission for you. He had a mission for Isaiah. You see that?
Just like Isaiah, He has a mission for you. There’s no difference. You and I both have a mission.
Please understand me, you are not here on earth by accident. You are not an accident. I dont care if anybody every told you that. It’s not true. Your are here on purpose for a purpose. God doesnt make mistakes. Do you know that?
You are not here on this earth just to eat, breath and take up space. That is not all that God has in store you. You are special, you are amazing. You are spectacular! Period.
And God has a purpose for you. Look at what Jesus said, “In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.” John 17:18 msg
Jesus is talking to you right now.
So part 3 is you beginning today to ask God, what is my mission Lord?
And He will tell you. It may take some some time to fully understand, it may take time to develop but I can tell you I was 10yrs old when I knew the mission God had for me.
You know what that says to me, He will tell you too.
But guess what, we cant be distracted from what God has for us. We wont see it,
we wont hear it.
So we confess, we consecrate, we lay it down and we ask.
And He will let you know in His timing He will let you know.
So lets have an awakening in our lives just like Isaiah had.
watch message in its entirety here:WOE LO GO
