The story in Isaiah 6:1-13 – The First Lesson on Trinity Sunday – calls for an exclamation of "wow!". Sitting in the temple in Jerusalem, Isaiah has a vivid experience of the Lord seated on a throne, surrounded by seraphim - the heavenly hosts. It is an overwhelming experience.
Do we ever get experiences like that?
There is an even more detailed similar experience in Ezekiel 1:4- 2:1. Imagine Ezekiel's exclamation of "wow! Wow!"
Isaiah's reaction to his experience was a feeling of unworthiness. "Woe to me for I am sinful!". Ezekiel's was one of complete awe. He fell face down. The other great prophet, Jeremiah, saw his "inadequacies" against the revelation. "Ah, Sovereign Lord. I do not know how to speak; I am only a child" (Jer 1:6).
Even when curiosity leads to revelation, for example, Moses' curiosity and resolve, "I will go over and see this strange sight – why the bush does not burn up" (Ex. 3:3) when the deeper meaning came to him, he resisted it. "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Ex. 3:11).
There is still another reaction – refusal to acknowledge – for example Jonah's decision to go directly opposite of where he was being led.
Every experience in life, every happening is a pathway to a revelation of the greater purpose in life. Do you accept and embrace them or do you resist, reject or even defy them?
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