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Daily Devotion: Isaiah 6:5-7

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Isaiah 6:5-7    "Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.  (6)  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:  (7)  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."

Pay particular attention to Isaiah's response concerning himself after he had witnessed this beautiful vision. Did he lift himself up as though he was some special recipient? No! It was just the opposite. He did not see himself worthy of this blessing. In fact, he saw himself as unclean. What took him from the position of being okay with himself to this understanding of his complete sinfulness? We read in verse 5, "I am a man of unclean lips.... for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."  I remember a laundry detergent commercial from many years ago. They washed a dirty white sock to make it look clean. But then they placed it beside a brand new sock and the old sock was dingy in comparison. We only can see how dingy we are when placed against the brightness and cleanness of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God did not keep Isaiah in that state of only seeing himself as unclean; rather, He sent the seraphim (messenger) to purge his sin. The Apostle John tells us, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)  I'm reminded of the old song, "What can wash away my sin? NOTHING but the blood of Jesus."  Isaiah was shown that his righteousness was not of himself. Our righteousness is not of ourselves either; rather, we are made righteous through Jesus Christ. One quick word about 1 John 1:7 that will carry us over to tomorrow. As John wrote of our cleansing through the blood, he also mentioned another action word: "we WALK".  If you have read ahead of me in Isaiah 6, you know Isaiah will be "walking" with the knowledge he was given. Are we taking that word of reconciliation out to others?

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