Encounters with the Lord should always have some practical effect on our lives. That was Isaiah’s experience. His vision of the enthroned Lord and the cleansing of his lips prepared him to respond to God’s call: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I […]

When Isaiah encountered God in all His glorious splendor, he also met himself. Just as he saw the Lord clearly, so he saw himself accurately. His words sum up his condition: Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my […]

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another […]