Assignments

"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.' At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. 'Woe to me!' I cried. 'I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.' Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, 'See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.' Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'" -- Isaiah 6:1-8

In Isaiah Chapter 6, we see a beautiful depiction of Isaiah's amazing encounter in the throne room; the place of intimacy with God. Isaiah sees the Lord high and lifted up; he sees the glory filling the temple. And then something remarkable happens. Isaiah hears the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send?" And Isaiah says "send me." It is in the place of intimacy that the desire to do something for God is birthed. An assignment is there for the taking and in that glory God provides the grace and anointing to carry out the assignment. What assignments are you carrying out for God? Were they birthed in the place of intimacy or in your own ambition? The place of birth makes all the difference.