Let's look at the book of Isaiah:

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
(Isa. 6:1-8)

In the book of Isaiah God showed us a picture of the prophet Isaiah. He was called, he was anointed, he was walking in his gifting, in his calling.

But suddenly, God brought Isaiah into a greater contact with Himself. Isaiah had a vision: he saw the throne of God with the angels crying, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts." He saw the glory of God rolling in, and it was so strong that the doorposts shook.

Suddenly Isaiah realized how limited he was. He started thinking about himself, and said, "Woe is me. I'm a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. Oh God, you're so high and lifted up. You're so lovely and so holy. I've made mistakes. I have shortcomings and faults and failures."

I'm sure Isaiah thought of a thousand excuses. But while he was thinking of his excuses, God gave him the cure for all of them. An angel took a live coal off the altar, and put it on Isaiah's mouth.

The angel said, "Your sins are forgiven and your iniquities are cleansed." Then God had a question: "Now-who will go?" And Isaiah made the correct response-with no excuses, "Here am I, send me."

That was thousands of years ago, but God is still asking the same question today, "Who will go?"

In Matthew 9:35-38, the scriptures state,

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then Jesus turned to His disciples and said, "...The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
(Matt. 9:35-38)

Jesus was looking at the harvest, and He turned to His disciples and said, "I want you to start praying for laborers." Jesus was looking at the harvest, but He was not just looking at the few thousand people standing in front of Him.

Matthew 13:39 says, "...The harvest is the end of the world...." Jesus was also looking down the road to our day. Jesus has had people praying for laborers - they've been praying for us for 2000 years.

Time is short. Hosea 6:2 says, "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." The Bible informs us that after the first 2000 years God will refresh us, and during the third 1000 years Jesus is coming back.

We are the first group of people to come into the third day - the third thousand years after the first coming of Jesus. We're a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

When Jesus walked on the face of the earth, there were only 250 million people. This is the first time in the 6000 years of the history of recorded humanity that there is a six billion soul harvest available on the face of the earth, from our backyard to the uttermost parts of the earth.

And I heard someone say that five billion have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They've never come into contact with the Good News; they are still waiting to hear. We have the message, we have the Good News; they have the open hearts.

And God is still saying, "Who will go?"

Mark Brazee Ministries
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