Sermon July 26, 2015 The Isaiah Project-
calling Isaiah 6:1-8
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. 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.”
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!”
Explain the series and topic for the
day
Come to the waters, dependence, my thoughts, your thoughts.
Salvation. A time when many nations would come to the mtn of the lord
To
be called….What a difference one life can make.
Woods
Chapel Church
John Woods started a Presbyterian Church in 1861.
150 years later, it still stands, and there are 4 other woods
chapel churches in the area.
150 year anniver of lees summit….
One person can make a difference.
We think that we cant, but we can.
Tell isaiah’s story
Encounters god
Feels
unworthy – this is better than acting like you are gods gift
to the world…..
God cleanes him – makes him worthy
He goes out in the name of the lord
Explain that this is typical of a
biblical pattern
Adam and eve – called….. unworthy……hiding…
Moses
Jonah- called. Ran away…. In a fish….used by god…
angry about it
Mary – the virgin- called….unworthy….but willing…
Paul
Each encountered God
Each felt unworthy/hid
Out of their comfort zone
God continued his call on each
They went out to do his work
Outward
focus
The Christian life is an outward life.
Inward yes, to learn and love. Then outward. Indeed.
my story
I am not adam, moses or the virgin mary, but we are all precious in gods site
you encountered God
you felt unworthy/hid
God continued his call on each
going out to do his work
and so for you in the pews
you are not adam, moses, or the virgin mary
but you are loved and precious
maybe you feel unworthy – that is better than feeling like you are gods gift to
the world
god still calls you, cleanses you
will we go out to do his work?
Excuses
I
don’t want to hear the call because my life is about me
I
am too young………. I am inexperienced……… I am insecure……… paul told timothy not
to despise his youth.
We
need young people
I am too broken
I am too old – betty perkins, bill carter
I am too afraid
Explain
that excuses don’t make it with god
He
accepts only unconditional surrender……
But
what about this instead…..
When
overwhelmed by the presence of God, all excuses fall away
Lets shift gears for a moment.
If you have shut me out, come back
in…….
Its not about going somewhere, not
about going to Africa, not about going to Nicaragua, not about going to
seminary….
It
is about making yourself available….
God
I give myself to you……..
For
anything that you want, for what ever I can do….
What
can you do? Do it for God. Do it as unto the lord
Do
you walk?
Walk
and say thank you?
Do
you listen? Listen w a heart of love
Do
you breathe? Be aware of this miracle and say thank you god
Can
you think? Then pray for others…
Do
you write notes? Write notes to others for the Lord - diane
Do
you talk to people? then bring encouragement? - phil accardo
There
is something that every believer can do
Its
not called to do something necessarily
It
is called to willingly give your self to god
Do
all the good you can to all the people you can in all the ways that you
can.
Missional entanglement
Redemptive
entanglement
The
story of the pony…………
Breaking
us, makes us willing
What
if they pony sees the master and loves the master and senses his purpose…………..
You
aren’t called to be broken and crushed, tho that’s what it takes for some……
We
are certainly invited to see the master and love him and find our purpose in
him
All
are called, his hand is upon you
Calling you
Absolutely to everyone, everywhere
God is still calling
Please
be one who will say, here I am, send me.
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