“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me’” (Isaiah 6:1-13). This period was a turning point for Israel. It was a time of great prosperity, but it was also a time that was tainted with moral decay. The northern kingdom had already gone into captivity, and its sister nation, the kingdom of Judah, was swiftly declining. Isaiah’s responsibility was to preach repentance to those who did not want to repent.
Today, there is little difference. We have the technology to do so many wonderful things, but what about our morality as a nation? Look at the households without a husband or a father. Divorce is climbing at a “way past alarming” rate. Teenage sex is encouraged by providing all the devices for so-called “safe sex.” False teachers are rejecting God’s Word and clamoring for political correctness. Even in the church of the Lord there are too few with an unshakable faith.
Who among us is willing to so order his or her life that he or she can say, “Here am I, send me?” Is your life, my friend, both spiritually and morally such that God would be pleased to send you? Do you need to make some changes? Do you need to obey the Gospel so that your past sins can and will be washed away by the blood of Jesus?
