June 6
(Isaiah 6:1-9 NIV) "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, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. {3} And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." {4} At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. {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!"
With God’s covering comes a calling. We were not saved just for our benefit. We were saved to serve God’s purposes. When Jesus said, “You will be my witnesses”, it was more than just a prediction... it was both a promise and a command. God saved us, in order to send us. He sent Jesus to us, and now, Jesus sends us to others. Among men, “Go”, may be Christ’s most neglected single word command. Christ reveals himself to us and then commands us to reveal Him to others. Do not shirk or ignore this calling. Not all of us are called to go across the sea, but we all can certainly go across the street. Everyone, everywhere, has been sent to someone, somewhere. Jesus said, “If you love me, you will do what I command.” Do you love the Lord? Do what he says. Go! Be his witness. Take His name to someone else today. You’ve been sent! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day