Who shall I send and who will go for us?

I have a passage that God put in me to share tonight, Isaiah, chapter 6, and we are going to read only from verse 1 to verse 8: “…In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and sublime throne and its skirts filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each one had six wings, with two they covered their face, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And they cried out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy Jehovah of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.” And the doorposts shook with the voice of the one who cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then I said, "Woe to me, for I am dead, because being a man with unclean lips and living in the midst of a people who have unclean lips, my eyes have seen the King of Armies." And one of the seraphim flew towards me, having in his hand a live coal, taken from the altar with tongs and touching my mouth with it, he said, “Behold, this touched your lips and your guilt is taken away and your sin cleansed.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Then I answered, "Here I am, send me."

Amen, glory to God. Brothers, Isaías was living one of the most crucial moments of his life, of history. Isaías was living a moment of crisis. Isaiah chapter 1, the book itself, describes a nation in trouble, a rotten nation. In verse 3 of chapter 1, it says that the people were unconscious and in verse 4 of chapter 1, it says that the people were also loaded with evil, a sinful nation, a nation of depraved children, they abandoned the Lord, they provoked anger of the Lord.

A nation destroyed, cities set on fire. In verse 11 of chapter 1 he says that [inaudible] himself was contaminated and the last sentence of chapter 5 is a summary of chaos and if someone looked towards the earth, they could only see evil and darkness, anguish, pain, even light turned into thick darkness, says the word of the Lord.

And that is Isaiah's vision of the earth, a vision that seems to have evil prevailing over the earth. And yet, in the face of that circumstance, in that situation something happens to the nation, the King of the nation, King Uzziah, dies. And after having directed the destinies of Judah, for more than 50 years, a man of tremendous, impressive influence over Judah, that man dies. And the nation is destabilized, enters a crisis.

Isaiah sees a nation in trouble. Isaiah sees a nation in spiritual crisis, in economic crisis, in a lack of political stability. Isaías, then begins to have the same questions that many of us have many times when we look at the crises of our nations.

Isaiah goes to the temple one day, as we come here at night, seeking an answer from God. The throne was vacant, therefore they were hours of despair, of anguish. Isaías has questions, he has questions and a question that we often ask in moments of crisis, in moments of despair. We always ask where is God.

And that is the question, brothers, that not only people outside who have no knowledge of the Gospel, but we who are Christians often ask, Lord, where were you when the Lord died? Lord, where were you when that happened? Where were you when that person planned to put those bombs there? Lord, where were you when I was sick? Lord, where were you? Where is God?

Isaiah goes to the temple asking, Lord, where are you? And this vision of Isaiah, these questions of Isaiah, lead Isaiah to a profound experience that we see here in chapter 6, that Isaiah went to the temple, Isaiah had a vision, and the first vision that Isaiah had was a vision of a stable God. .

Brothers, what do I mean by that? The world is in crisis, the nation is in crisis, but God is not in crisis. The Kingdom of Heaven is not in crisis. God is not unstable thinking from one side to the other, what am I going to do, ah, what am I going to do with Boston? God is not thinking those things. God is stable.

The word of the Lord says that Isaiah saw the Lord and the Lord was seated on a high and sublime throne. All things here below, in the vision of Isaiah, in the vision of others are very unstable, it was like trembling, but God was on the throne.

When you see the difficult situation, when you think there are no solutions, when you think there is no way out, know something, God is on the throne and nothing is going to remove God from his wonderful throne that he is.

The first vision that Isaiah had was a vision of that glorified God, a look towards God. Brothers, in every call to the ministry there is a beginning and a deep experience with God. God was preparing Isaiah for something wonderful, for something great that we see here at the end of his ministry.

Isaiah saw a sovereign God, centered, reigning, he saw a God [inaudible], he knew everything that was happening on earth. God knows everything. God sees everything.

Isaiah saw an omnipotent God, who filled the earth. Many times we do not see the hand of God in times of crisis. We don't understand, we can't see the hand of God through a doctor, through a nurse, through a paramedic, right? we cannot see the hand of God through a policeman, through a person who shakes hands with another. It is the hand of God in the midst of the crisis, brothers.

Isaiah saw a stable God. But I would also learn something different, I would learn of his holiness, God is holy. He was separated from everything, from seraphim they proclaimed, saying 'Holy, holy, holy.' In addition to Isaiah's experience, he understood that God was stable, Isaiah was living another experience, understanding the holiness of God. God is holy.

And the seraphim proclaimed that. Isaías is static before that experience. God has not changed. He is the same. If you read Revelation chapter 4, verse 8 the word says, “the four living creatures each had six wings around them and on the inside they were full of eyes and they kept saying 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty who he was, he who is, and he who is to come."

That is the same God of Isaiah's vision. The enthroned God and the angels were saying, 'God you are holy, holy, holy.' And according to [inaudible] this vision holds us accountable and compels us to commit ourselves to this vision, to the church of Jesus Christ. We have a mission.

After a vision that Isaiah had, such was the impact on his life, see what happened in his life in verse 5.

“Then I said, Woe is me! I am dead, my eyes have seen the Lord of hosts…” my eyes beheld the glory of God. This is the second impact in the life of Isaías, a vision towards himself. There is no man or woman, I tell you from my own experience, brothers, there is no man or woman who has not experienced a walk with God who, as a consequence of that walk with God, does not begin to look within himself.

Do you know what it means? The more I walk with God, the more I see who I am, the more God puts me upside down and shows me who I am. And God shows that I am not the holy person that I thought I was. And I wanted to impress others with my holiness. I approach God and God shows me that I have weaknesses, that I have sins, that I have weaknesses, that I have things to change in my life, and that I have tendencies and that those tendencies need [inaudible] before him.

Brothers, I do not know what was the specific sin in Isaiah's life that God wanted to deal with him on that day to prepare him for the ministry, but I have an impression. I have the impression that Isaías had a problem that many of us have, can you imagine? Look at the word of God.

"... And one of the seraphim flew towards me, having in his hand a live coal taken from the altar with a tong..."

What does that mean? The seraph flies, there is the altar with living fathoms and the seraph takes a living fathom from the altar and comes flying. You imagine with me. It comes flying and Isaías looking, where is that angel going, Isaías looking and suddenly he goes in the direction of Isaías and he is looking. Isaías, open your mouth, shhhhhh, I have the impression that Isaías had a localized sin.

How many of us here have a localized sin that God wants shhhhhhh? Do you understand the word of God? Amen.

Brothers, if you have a language problem, talk about Jesus because he [inaudible] cares, right? Talk about Jesus, talk about God's wonders. The angel touches Isaiah, we have to recognize our weaknesses, brothers, [inaudible] that until Isaiah had this vision he didn't know about his own sins, about his own weaknesses. An encounter with God makes us see exactly who we are, confronts us, right?

In the previous chapter, he had pronounced against the people a series of problems, of difficulties, but now he is the one who is saying, “Woe is me!” in chapter 5 Isaiah speaks against the people, sinners, miserable, they abandoned the Lord . Now in chapter 6, woe is me! Because? He had an encounter with God.

Get closer to God in your personal prayer life. Start praying. Start fasting, start looking for God. You are going to see, brothers, this marvel of knowing mysterious things, wonderful things.

Notice Isaiah's sweeping confession, woe is me! He said I'm dead. A living mortal. I am a man of impure lips, that is, he confesses that there is a production of impurity in his life. Third, I live in the midst of a people with unclean lips. May they convert to you. In other words, Isaiah acknowledges his sin and the sin of the nation.

I think that God always wants to appropriate situations to raise up the church. Look, we are praying here today, I was thinking why don't we go out into the streets to pray, why don't we bless the streets of the city, why don't we go out in a group praying, taking possession of the land, prophesying, blessings on the city. And I was watching all the news and everything from Monday and the cops said, 'No, we did all the investigative work before, looking at everything before, if there was one thing, a danger and everything.' But I was thinking, We, as a church, were not there before to walk, to bless, to pray and to proclaim a blessing over the city.

We must understand, brothers, that God does not reveal himself to us or to the city by our qualities. God reveals himself by his greatness, by his holiness. Amen. And he goes on to call believers to his work, but our response to him depends a lot on the kind of life we respond to him.

But there is another look that Isaiah lives after that experience with God, after this, I saw the voice of the Lord saying, 'Who shall I send? And who will go for me?’ It is the third vision that Isaiah had in this situation, in this encounter with God. He saw the need of others, a vision towards others, a vision towards the need of people.

And we are looking at others? Brothers, we must know the people and minister to their needs. We must understand that the mission is not easy. If we look at chapters 1 to 5, we will notice that there was a chaotic situation, the spiritual condition of the people, a people who did not want to listen to the word of God, the message of God, much less repented of their sins.

Only Isaiah's encounter with God provides the beginning of the people's return to the Lord. We must understand that God reveals himself to us for a purpose. At the moment that God brings a revelation of his will, of his desire, of his purposes to his life, he already makes a definite purpose for his own glory and for the salvation of other people.

God doesn't fill a church for [inaudible] in power. God fills us to [inaudible] in blessing other people. What's the point of filling us up here and we're left like one big thing praying, ah, Lord, blessings, blessings, blessing, blessings, when the world out there needs us to carry that message of salvation.

The Lord's question is still valid, and what will be my answer, and what will be your answer. Who shall I send? And what will I do? Who is going to speak? Would you be willing to go wherever God sends you? Would you be willing to obey the Lord and say, yes, Lord, I am going? I am going to start a prayer project for this city.

Would you get up to preach without caring about the answer or that people will respond to your message? Would you dare to preach the word of God? Would you dare to understand that message today and say, Lord, I want to sanctify my life because you are going to do a great work in my city and I am part of that challenge. Amen.

I am part of what you are going to do in the city of Boston and in the world. That by looking at people and the need you can see the hand of God in your life to bless others. God help us and God bless the city of Boston. Bring peace to this city and may God, through his excellence of grace and mercy, help us as his church, to make us holy, to understand that we are in God to live a different life and bring an impact to this generation. Amen.

Let's stand up and pray to the Lord. Lord, we understand your word tonight and we bless this city of Boston, Lord, because we know that you want to do something tremendous in this city. You have raised your church in this place with well-defined purposes, you have raised an army, Lord, of warriors, of responsible men and women, passionate about your word, for the Gospel of the Lord, for the truth of Jesus Christ. Lord in the name of Jesus help us to look, Lord, towards you and understand that you are on the throne, Lord, on the throne of glory and that the seraphim cover, Lord, the temple of the Lord.

Lord, there is nothing that happens in this world, in the universe, Lord, that makes your kingdom tremble, your throne, because you are enthroned over all, Lord, and help us to understand that you have dominion and government, Lord, about everyone, about life and about history. Lord, and help us to experience you, to turn to you to learn from you and to know your ways and to know a different life, we know a life of holiness. Help us to understand, Lord, that we are weak, we have weaknesses and that we need to sanctify our lives before you to see a life worth living, so that you activate in us the responsibility, Lord, to preach the Gospel to other people and to bring this peace that we talk about so much, that we proclaim so much to other people, Lord.

This revolution begins today, Lord, in my heart, in my life and in the lives of my brothers tonight, Lord. Start that revolution tomorrow when the president comes to this city, sir. Start revolution in the life of your church, Lord.

Lord, make your people move, but move in the power of your spirit. We do not want demonstrations, we do not want war, we do not need, Lord, to raise flags, Lord, we need to lift up Jesus Christ to the hearts so that they receive the word of truth, Lord. We glorify your name Lord, to you be the honor, to you be the glory, Lord, Hallelujah! Amen. Amen.