The Call

Thursday, March 18

The Call

“Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Isaiah 6:5

God’s Word is filled with stories of those whom God called to service. However, for some people in the Bible, their response on seeing the Lord was to fall on their faces, overwhelmed by their own impurity alongside His holiness. In today’s verse we read of Isaiah’s response when he had seen the Lord on His throne, in all His splendor and majesty: “Woe is me!”

Isaiah did not feel fit for the call. The particular area of uncleanness which concerned Isaiah in that moment was his lips, and those of the people among whom he lived. And this was the precise area that God was wanting to use. Imagine that! Isaiah did not understand, the tool he possessed, almost despised, was the exact tool that God was looking to use. He was to be the mouthpiece of the Lord for his generation and to the nations around.

We often see ourselves as Isaiah did. Not good enough, not perfect, unclean and unusable. The question I often ask myself in these moments is this, ‘If not me, then who?’ Who will go in place of me? Is that person more worthy to be used than I am? The answer is no. God will use anyone who is willing to go. Are you willing to answer the call?