HERE I AM LORD, USE ME PLEASE

[Isaiah was seeking the Lord when above him stood seraphim. Each had six wings: with two the covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. One called out to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at their voices…] “And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And HE TOUCHED MY MOUTH and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “HERE I AM! SEND ME.” (Isaiah 6:5-8) [What an awesome testimony, an angle of the Lord touched my mouth with a live coal from the altar…] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit HE PRUNES [selective removal of parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots, that are no longer useful], THAT IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT…If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT AND SO PROVE TO BE MY DISCIPLES.” (John 15:1-8) [Our purpose, once we are saved, is to testify to those who do not know the Lord. We just plant the seed – the Lord gives the increase…Here is His prayer for us!] “As you sent me [Jesus] into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask for these only, but also for those WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME THROUGH THEIR WORD, that THEY MAY ALL BE ONE, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.” (John 17:18-20) [Just plant the seed and watch the Holy Spirit make it grow!]

Be blessed as you praise The Lord, knowing that WE CAN HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND OBEY IT!
-Bill Stockham

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