Meeting the Holy One

Meeting the Holy One 

Isaiah 6:5 (ESV) 
“And I said: ‘Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips… for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’” 

In the familiar passage in Isaiah 6, the prophet stepped into the temple carrying the weight of Uzziah’s tragic downfall. The king who once embodied promise had been undone by pride, and Isaiah’s confidence in earthly leadership lay in pieces. But in that same year of disappointment, heaven opened. Isaiah saw the true King, holy and exalted and overwhelming. God’s holiness shook him to the core. The Holiness of God should undo us. And Isaiah could only confess, “Woe is me.” 

Yet the God who reveals His holiness also extends His mercy. A burning coal touched Isaiah’s lips, not to destroy him but to cleanse him. His guilt was removed, and his sin atoned for. This is the rhythm of God’s work with His servants: encounter, humility, grace, and then mission. It was true for Paul on the Damascus road, Moses before the burning bush, Peter on the beach after his denial, and here with Isaiah in the temple. Their ministries did not arise from their strength but from meeting the living God. Mission is never fueled by our holiness but by His. 

For global workers, this truth reorients everything. Your calling is not sustained by your resolve or capacity. It is shaped and carried by the God who reveals Himself, restores you in mercy, and sends you in His strength. Uzziah shows us what pride destroys. Isaiah, and Paul and Moses and Peter, show us what God-confidence creates. 

At MissioCare Collective, we long to walk with you in that holy rhythm as together we encounter the God who undoes pride, restores weary hearts, and sends His people into the world with courage anchored in His holiness. 

-The MissioCare Collective Team