Good Morning Father,
When Isaiah wrote these prophetic words years before Jesus came, Your spirit was on him, just as Your spirit is on us today. Isaiah was called and responded to Your call with a never look back attitude. He spoke from the perspective of one who had stood in hell and had seen Heaven. Whether what Isaiah saw was in the sky or in his mind pales in comparison to the Splendor and Glory of Who he saw. And after seeing You he could do nothing but cry Holy and plead for mercy.
Centuries later, those same words were read by Jesus to the Nazarenes. Their response was to try to run Him out of town. The were blind to Your glory. But there is coming a day when every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that the good tidings are truth at last.
In the meantime, Father, just as you called Isaiah and sent Jesus, You call us. You desire to put Your spirit on us so that we will proclaim Your good news; so that we will offer those around us a path to a healing Jesus; and proclaim to those around us that there is freedom in Jesus Christ our King.
Father, as we today ask for Your mercy and cleansing from sin, fill us with a passion that will respond to Your call and a longing to join the Angels in singing Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Help us Father, to not update our resume to add You to our list of references, but to cling to and plead for Your mercy in our lives and the lives of our families and acquaintances.
Be blessed as we praise, be honored as we worship, and let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done in us, just as it is in Heaven.
In the name of Your Son Jesus, we pray.
Amen
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