THREE WORDS OF ISAIAH: THE WORD OF HUMILITY

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Three Words Of Isaiah  

a) The prophet Isaiah writes, "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up..." (Isaiah 6:1). In the rest of chapter six, Isaiah speaks three times in response to the things he sees and hears in his vision. His words express the innermost and deepest feelings of every dedicated child of God.

b) These are words from the past that should live on our tongues today. If we would like to be people of clean lips, what better can we do than say these words to God, and go and tell his word to others? We are saying to God, "I don't feel worthy to represent you, but I am willing — use me Lord, for as long as you need to".

2. The Word Of Humility

a) "Woe is me for I am undone." (Isaiah 6:5)

i) The seraphim cried out in praise of the holiness and glory of the Lord. Isaiah felt his own unworthiness, a man of unclean lips among many. But one of the seraphim touched his lips with a burning coal from the altar and said, "Your iniquity is taken away and your sin is purged."

ii) This symbolizes the pain of Jesus Christ to whom we may come for forgiveness. Our feelings of unworthiness should be of the humble sort, not feelings of hopelessness. As another symbol, the Lord’s presence and robe filled the temple. Even now the Lord Jesus is our High priest and Advocate in the true tabernacle (1 John 2:1-2, Hebrews 7:24-26).

iii) Although unworthy, so very unworthy, we have been forgiven, accepted by the Lord God. And we shall see his glory. 

The End ...