Main Thought
God has called us to participate in His eternal purpose. We go and make disciples and we give to advance His Kingdom (among other things). Yet our ability to pursue God’s purpose can be limited by our perspective. We need to have a healthy perspective - beginning with how we view God Himself. When we remember God’s holiness, goodness, love, and power, we begin to see the world and our lives with greater clarity. Authentic encounters with God move us to awe and worship, but they also reveal our areas of needed growth and transformation. A healthy inward perspective allows God to change and shape us. Finally, a healthy outward perspective leads us to echo Isaiah the prophet and say ”Here am I, send me!” Remembering God’s mission inspires us to step out in faith and obedience - and a healthy perspective helps us last.
Main Passages
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, 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.
- Isaiah 6:1-4
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 seraphim 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.”
- Isaiah 6:5-7
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!”
- Isaiah 6:8
Discussion Questions
Isaiah begins by saying, “I saw the Lord…” How does a fresh vision of God change the way we see life, challenges, or circumstances?
Isaiah’s encounter with God led him to recognize his need for transformation. Is there anything that God is growing, shaping, or transforming in you this season?
After being cleansed and restored, Isaiah hears God’s call and responds, “Here am I. Send me!” What step of faith might God be calling you to take in this season and the next? How might that connect to things that God is doing in and through Every Nation Las Vegas?