#81 “Great Intercessors of the Bible”

(Isaiah - Salvation of the Lord)

“But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all our righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all fade as a leaf and our iniquities, like the wind,
have taken us away."

(Isaiah 64:6)

The Message (MSG) 

Prophet Isaiah has always been one of my favorite prophets he and Jeremiah both like most who are called by God to do a great work felt themselves unsuited for the task. It was Jeremiah whom God told, “Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you:  A prophet to the nations— that’s what I had in mind for you.” (Jeremiah 1:5) From this passage we know that we are all called with a purpose by God even before we are conceived.  And then there is Isaiah who, “Saw the Lord high and lifted up and His train (glory) filled the temple.” (Isaiah 6:1)  Even though he was terrified with the sight of what he saw he sees something else which I believe each of us sees once we enter the presence of a Holy God, he saw how unclean he truly was and not just him but even the children of Israel whom he lived among. “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.” (Isaiah 6:5)

At the age of Nineteen I gave my life to the Lord and was born again, although I did not know or understand fully what that all meant one thing was certain because of that experience my life has never been the same.  Once I heard a song initialed, “Lord I’ll Go” and from that moment on it became like an anthem for my life. I had no idea that each time I song that song I was in fact prophesying my destiny, for twenty-five years later God called me into foreign missions.  I had no clue that this song I was singing was in fact the very words that Isaiah himself had spoken thousands of years earlier. “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 6:8) What Isaiah was agreeing to do was become the voice of God to the children of Israel…well I did not see my willingness to go quite as large as that at the time however,  God already knew what He had called me to.

The Lord God tells Isaiah that He was so disappointed with the children of Israel that He had latterly left them to their own devices. Here is when Isaiah prayed to God on behalf of his people.  Just as many of the in great intercessors we have covered in this series Isaiah did not say, “Lord, look at these stupid people of Yours how rebellious they are...”  Just like a true intercessor and prayer warrior, Isaiah identified with the people this great nation.  He lifts them up to the Lord.  Not speaking of how great ‘their’ sins, are but rather how great ‘our’ sins are. “For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.  And there is no one who calls on Thy name, who arouses himself to take hold of Thee; for Thou hast hidden Thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the power of our iniquities.” (Isaiah 64:8)

Isaiah asks the Lord to ‘rend the heavens and come down,’ Lord come down and act in judgment in behalf of Your people.  This was a serious pray as well as far reaching one.  Lord God don’t just come down and deliver Your people but also bring judgment upon those who have oppress Your people. Isaiah was primarily praying for situations and concerns which existed right then and there; however it would seem that these problems did not remain from that time forward.  Isaiah intercession regarding the idolatry of the people seemed to be a result of their captivity by Babylon.

The Lord made Isaiah a promise that no matter what happened He would preserve Himself a remnant. “Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry.  Behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty.  Behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame.  14 “Behold, My servants shall shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you shall cry out with a heavy heart, And you shall wail with a broken spirit.  15 “And you will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God  will slay you.  But My servants will be called by another name.  16 “Because he who is blessed in the earth shall be blessed by the God of truth;  And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth;  Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My sight!”  What an awesome mighty and powerful God we serve! God declares that all will see what He is going to do to the nations when he comes down and judge them.  Therefore the only response the nations could give was that of fear and trembling in the presence of this great God and at the work of His mighty hand.

God hears and answers Isaiah’s prayer and delivers his people but not only that but made them some amazing promises as well, “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Shall be thought accursed. “And they shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.” What a mighty and merciful God we serve.!

My Prayer: Heavenly Father, as thank you for the example of Isaiah and that of Your faithfulness in the mist of trouble. Thank You that even though we may sin terribly you are merciful and loving and will forgive us our sin, when we turn to you and repent.  Thank you Father we pray in Jesus’ name Amen!!!

Have A Bless Day…Go in God’s Peace!  

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