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COVID-19 has radically impacted our world. Even graduation ceremonies have been modified due to the pandemic.
2. But there is one thing that COVID-19 has not changed; graduates still face the same question, “What are you going to do after you graduate?”
3. Now, what graduates are really being asked is, “What are you going to do when you ‘grow up’?”

ILLUS – Malina’s conversation with her preschool/ballet buddy after watching Swan Lake.

4. I think a better question for graduates and for the rest of us is, “What does God want you to do with your life?”
5. God has a plan for our lives. There is a reason for our existence, for why we are here.
6. In such trouble times, it is critical for Christians to know what God has called them to do and then do it.
7. But many Christians wonder, “What does God want me to do?”
8. Tonight, we are going to discover God’s plan and purpose for His people, the Church.
9. God is still calling, and He is still asking, “Who will go?”
10.The question is, “Will we answer God’s call?” and say, “Here am I. Send Me.”

Isaiah 6:1-8
I. We Need a Biblical Vision of God (1-4)

A. God is King (1)
1. Uzziah became Judah’s King when he was 16 and he reigned 52 years (2 Chronicles 26).
2. Uzziah walked uprightly before God and Judah was blessed under his leadership.
a. Judah prospered financially.
b. Judah was secure with fortified cities.
c. Judah had military success, possessing an elite army of over 307,000 soldiers.
3. But when Uzziah died Judah felt insecure and vulnerable.
4. Isaiah “saw the Lord.”
a. “Lord”, Adonai means “sovereign,” “master.”
b. “sitting on a throne” – God is the King of kings.
c. “lofty and exalted” – Transcendent, Eternal.
d. “train of His robe filling the temple” – Majesty.
5. Judah’s throne was vacant, but the throne of heaven was occupied; it was then, it is now, and it always will be.
6. The Apostle John declared that Isaiah saw Jesus Christ seated on the throne; a preincarnate appearance of God the Son.

John 12:41, These things Isaiah said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.

APPL – During these troubling times when our hearts may feel insecure, we need a biblical vision of God, like Isaiah.
• Do not trust in princes.
• Look to God. He is our help and our hope.
Psalm 146:3-5, 10, Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God; the Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!

B. God is holy (2-4)
1. “Seraphim” means “to burn.”
a. They are only mentioned here in the Bible.
b. Seraphim burn in their zeal for God.
2. Seraphim have six wings.
a. Two wings cover their eyes – forever reverent
b. Two wings cover their feet – forever submitted
c. Two wings to fly – forever serving
3. Seraphim forever proclaim the excellencies of God.
a. Not merely stating facts or declaring truth.
b. They call out to one another from the heart.

ILLUS – Cheering at a high school football game

4. Holiness is foundational to our understanding of God’s nature.
a. Holy means “to be set apart, unique, distinct.”
• Set apart from creation.
• Set apart from evil.

Habakkuk 1:13, Your eyes are too pure to approve evil

b. The holy word is repeated 3 times, meaning God is without peer, complete.
• The word “holy” is the only attribute of God that is repeated three times in the Bible.
• So, holiness is the defining attribute and helps us understand God’s character and actions.
5. “Lord of hosts” – Lord of the heavenly armies is fighting for you.
6. “The whole earth is filled with His glory” – Where?
a. Through creation.
Psalm 19:1, The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.


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