Running with the Giants – Isaiah

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Isaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

For when you are trying to make sense of it all…

“An changes everything.”

A God Encounter

• Our greatest can be a for our greatest gain.

Isaiah 6:1-4 NIV ¹  In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. ²  Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. ³  And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” ⁴  At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

• When we clearly we clearly.

Isaiah 6:5 NIV ⁵  “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.”

• God removes so He can redeem .

Isaiah 6:6-8 NIV ⁶  Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷  With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” ⁸  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’s Words of Encouragement

• “God wants to of Himself to you.”

Isaiah 55:6 NIV ⁶  Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Jeremiah 29:13 NIV ¹³  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Key: .

• “God wants to .”

Isaiah 1:18-19 NIV ¹⁸  “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. ¹⁹  If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

1 Peter 1:2-3 NLT ²  God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. ³  All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,

Key: Take the .

• “God has an for you.”

Isaiah 60:1-3 NIV ¹  “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. ²  See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. ³  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Ephesians 2:10 NLT ¹⁰  For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Key: Discover my .