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Vision of Reality
vision as recorded in Isaiah 6:1-11. Today's WORSHIP QUOTE is a prayer based on Isaiah's vision and call. If you have an extra moment, please read the scripture first. A VISION OF REALITY: A prayer after Isaiah 6:1-11 Teach me, my Father, through Isaiah's vision. Let me see, upon that inward eye, the throne, the temple, the seraphim, the Lord and with this vision, let me also see behind the scaffolding of human language to the knowledge of God. I know, my Father, that the nearer I come, the more I share Isaiah's self-knowledge- "Woe is me, woe is me." Still let me come: until I hear like him the Lord's voice-your voice, my Father- saying, "Whom shall I send?" How can I answer you, Lord? If I say "Send me," then who am I? What first hand vision have I to share? Yet how can I not say "Send me"? My generation needs to hear. The fire still burns: so touch me -tongue and mouth and heart and mind- from the secret places of the Spirit's glow. Open my eyes to a new vision of your holiness; open my mind and understanding; open my mouth to be your messenger; O Lord of Hosts, O God my Father, here am I: send me. AMEN. © 1978 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For permission to copy or use this hymn, please contact: Hope Publishing Company, 380 S. Main Place, Carol Stream, IL 60188 1-800-323-1049 Fax: (630) 665-3200 Email: permission@hopepublishing.com www.hopepublishing.com - Timothy Dudley-Smith, SOMEONE WHO BECKONS: DAILY READINGS AND PRAYERS, Inter-Varsity Press, 1978. [For each of 60 selections, the format is a brief scripture followed by a related quote from another author - then Dudley-Smith's prayer. The author says, "This collection of readings and prayers is designed to help busy Christians to begin the day with God.] Have a great week, Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu |