whole lotta shaking going on

Many people today are seeing the things that they once counted on, the things that they trusted in, become worthless. Investments have lost their value. Business ventures have soured or gone upside down. Political winds have changed. Jobs have been lost. Our good health may be gone. For some, even our homes have been lost.
The uncertainty, chaos and confusion of today is not unlike another time described in the book of Isaiah. Chapter 6 tells us that King Uzziah died. He had ruled as a great king of Israel for 52 years. Israel’s enemies were ready to invade. Uncertainty and even chaos ensued. At that time, Isaiah had a vision as described in chapter 6. And what he saw and experienced holds many truths for us in these parallel and perilous times as well.
Number one: “I saw the Lord sitting on the throne, lofty and exalted…” In spite of what is going on in the world, God is still on the throne. God is in charge. God wants us to get our eyes off the circumstances of this world and get our eyes on Him.
Number two: “Woe is me, for I am ruined. Because I am a man of unclean lips.” Seeing the holiness of God opened Isaiah’s eyes to his own sinfulness. Recognizing our sinful state should convict us, bringing us to repentance.
Number three: “Behold, this [the burning coal] has touched your lips; and your iniquity has been taken away, and your sin is forgiven.” God needs to refine you with fire before He can use you. When we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Number four: “Whom shall I send?” God calls out to the church for people to be consecrated to the Kingdom, purified, set apart for service, willing to forsake all to follow Him and stand up for Him.
Number five: “Here am I, send me.” There is no greater aspiration or privilege in life than to be used by God. As the Apostle Paul said, We are exhibited as a spectacle to the world. We are to be an unwavering witness and a testimony to the things we have seen and heard and experienced.
It is the last days. God is allowing those things which can be shaken to be shaken, that those things which cannot be shaken will remain.
Hebrews 12:26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." This expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.
What is your answer to God’s question, “Whom shall I send?”