顺服呼召（记号：火钳火炭）
我在后院烧烤时偶尔会烫到手指。通常不会很严重，但肯定会有刺痛。你能想像燃烧的煤炭碰到嘴唇时那种刺痛吗？这就是以赛亚看见天堂异象时发生的事。
乌西雅王去世同年，先知以赛亚看见异象：他看见那位王，万军之耶和华坐在高高的宝座上，衣裳遮满圣殿。希伯来人的传统教导说，没有人能看见神还活着。以赛亚马上为自己和以色列人的不洁忧伤痛悔。接着有一撒拉弗，也就是神宝座前的天使，用火钳从坛上取来一块红炭，将炭沾先知的口，洁净了他，使他能服事。
以赛亚被洁净后，就能回应神的呼召了。”我在这里，请差遣我！“他的热情激励着我们。但这一段接下来的内容是黯淡的。百姓仍是不洁，他们听见神的呼召，心却仍旧冷淡封闭。
然而，百姓仍有悔改的希望；他们仍有“回转得医治”的希望。神信实的圣种还在，从那“地上的树桩”，必生出枝条。从耶西的根而来（赛 11:1）的耶稣，必将使神的百姓回转。
今天祢听见祂的呼召了吗？靠着基督和圣灵那洁净的火，我们才能在神呼召和差遣我们的时候去服事和荣耀祂。
神啊，求祢洁净我们的口和我们的心。求祢重塑我们，使我们来爱祢，服事祢。求祢差遣我们去做成祢的工作，奉耶稣的名祷告。阿们。
以赛亚书 6:1-10
1 当乌西雅王崩的那年，我见主坐在高高的宝座上，他的衣裳垂下，遮满圣殿。
2 其上有撒拉弗侍立，各有六个翅膀，用两个翅膀遮脸，两个翅膀遮脚，两个翅膀飞翔，
3 彼此呼喊说：“圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，万军之耶和华！他的荣光充满全地！”
4 因呼喊者的声音，门槛的根基震动，殿充满了烟云。
5 那时我说：“祸哉！我灭亡了。因为我是嘴唇不洁的人，又住在嘴唇不洁的民中，又因我眼见大君王万军之耶和华。”
6 有一撒拉弗飞到我跟前，手里拿着红炭，是用火剪从坛上取下来的，
7 将炭沾我的口，说：“看哪，这炭沾了你的嘴，你的罪孽便除掉，你的罪恶就赦免了。”
8 我又听见主的声音说：“我可以差遣谁呢？谁肯为我们去呢？”我说：“我在这里，请差遣我！”
9 他说：“你去告诉这百姓说：‘你们听是要听见，却不明白；看是要看见，却不晓得。’
10 要使这百姓心蒙脂油，耳朵发沉，眼睛昏迷，恐怕眼睛看见，耳朵听见，心里明白，回转过来，便得医治。”
Call To Obedience (Symbol: Fire Tongs With Hot Coal)
“I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips . . . and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." — Isaiah 6:5
Occasionally I burn my fingers on our backyard grill. It’s usually not serious, but it definitely stings. Can you imagine the sting of a burning coal touching your lips? That’s what happens to Isaiah in his vision of heaven.
In the same year that Uzziah the king died, the prophet had a vision: he saw the King, the Lord Almighty, high on a throne, and his robe filled the temple. Hebrew tradition taught that no one could see God and live. Isaiah lamented his own uncleanness and that of the people of Israel. Then a seraph, an angel who attended God’s throne, used tongs to take a live coal from the temple altar. Touching it to the prophet’s lips, he cleansed Isaiah for service.
Purified, Isaiah could now answer God’s call. “Here am I. Send me!” His passion inspires us. But the rest of the passage is bleak. The people, still impure, hear God’s call, but their hearts remain callous and closed.
Still, there is hope for repentance; there is hope for the people to “turn and be healed.” And the holy seed of God’s faithfulness remains, and from that “stump in the land” a shoot will grow. Jesus, coming from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1), will restore God’s people.
Do you hear his call today? By the purifying fire of Christ and his Spirit, we can serve and glorify God wherever he calls and sends us.
Purify our lips and our hearts, O God. Remake us to love and serve you, and send us to do your work, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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