Touched by a coal

Isaiah 6

Touched by a coal from the altar before God’s throne… A man of unclean lips, purged, so that he might speak the words of the Almighty.

When God asked, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Isaiah answered readily, “Here am I; send me.”

What a heavy message was given him! But he delivered it faithfully.

Oh, the wonderful compassion of God, to provide this vision of encouragement to a prophet whose words would be rejected by his listeners, and who would eventually meet a cruel death, because he faithfully preached the message that was given him! Isaiah certainly would have remembered this vision for the rest of his life. He was a changed man… touched by a coal from the altar.