TITLE:  GOD, I AM READY TO WORK

TEXT: ISAIAH 6:1-8
 
INTRODUCTION
A. As long as I only am who I think I am, I will only be who I think I am…  ​

B. Who does God say that I am?  ​

C. If I never know who God says that I am, I will never do what God has created me to do ​
 
GOD’S PRESENCE REVEALS WHO WE REALLY ARE
A. God is high and lifted up  ​

B. I am dust  ​
1. Genesis 2:7,  7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground

2. Genesis 3:19, 19 …For dust you are, And to dust you shall return

3. Genesis 18:27,  27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord

4. Psalm 103:14, 14For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust

5. Ecclesiastes 3:20,  20 All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust

6. Ecclesiastes 12:7,  7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

C. Sinful tendencies

D. Human inadequacies

E. Mental deficiencies

F. Psychological fantasies
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G. Praise God, who I really am does not restrict me from coming into the presence of God 

WE LEAVE GOD’S PRESENCE DIFFERENT FROM WHEN WE CAME

A. Isaiah’s challenge was unclean lips  ​

B. A seraphim touched his lips with a live coal

C. His guilt was removed and his sins were forgiven

D. What is your challenge?

E. Let God touch it

F. To remove your guilt and forgive your sins  ​
 
READY TO GO TO WORK FOR GOD
A. God asks…

B. We answer… ​