In Isaiah 6, God appears to Isaiah in the Temple.  He was praying and God appeared.

And, his response was, paraphrasing – Whoa.  You’re God.  Oh man, I’m in trouble.

Can you imagine seeing God face to face?  Not just feeling His presence or the moving of His spirit, but really seeing Him, face to face?

That’s what happens to Isaiah in the text, and He is just overcome.  He is speechless.  He doesn’t know what to do.

He feels inadequate.  He feels like what I can do for such an awesome God?

How can I even stand before a God that amazing?

God then cleans him up, forgives him and asks this question:

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!”

Had Isaiah encountered God?  Yes.  Had he found himself lacking?  Yes.  Was He not the person God wanted him to be at the point?  Yes.

Did God still use him?  Yes.

God doesn’t just use the perfect.  If so, there’d be no one for God to use.  God will use, like Isaiah today, the willing. God will use the ones that want to be used.

That desire to be part of His plan.

That want to be a part of His work.

Today, are you perfect?  No.  None of us are.

Today, will God use you?  Yes, yes He will. If you are willing, God will use you.

Today, and each day.