Isaiah's Experience

The prophet Isaiah’s personal experience with God, recorded in chapter six, provides insight to elements involved in our humility before God. The story enables us to understand the process involved in humbling ourselves before God. The process is more an encounter than an exercise of human will. We are not merely being humble, we are turning toward the Lord. Humbling ourselves involves standing in right relationship before God’s throne. Just as was true for Isaiah , real humility takes place when we have:
A collision with God’s awesomeness,
A vision of God’s holiness,
An admission of utter filthiness,
The elation of God’s forgiveness,
Attention to God’s voiced address,
The question of our willingness,
A call on mission for God’s graciousness,
A Christian filled with humble eagerness,
Commissioned as God’s ordained evangelist.