2. Series – ‘Serving God with our whole body’
Today
‘Eyes that see from
God’s perspective’
Isaiah 6:1-10
3. God has perfect eyesight
My frame was not hidden from you when I
was made in the secret place, when I was
woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the
days ordained for me were written in your
book before one of them came to be
Psalm 139:15-16
4. God has perfect eyesight
He who watches over Israel will
neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord watches over you – the Lord is
your shade at your right hand
Psalm 121:4-5
5. Looking up – Isaiah’s vision of a holy God
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord,
high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the
train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were
seraphim … And they were calling to one another:
‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.’
Isaiah 6:1-3
6. Looking up – Isaiah’s vision of a holy God
‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined!
For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live
among a people of unclean lips,
and my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord Almighty.’
Isaiah 6:5
7. Looking up – Isaiah’s vision of a holy God
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!’
Isaiah 6:8
8. Looking up – Isaiah’s vision of a holy God
He (God) said, ‘Go and tell this people: “Be ever
hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing,
but never perceiving.” Make the heart of this
people calloused; make their ears dull and close
their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their
eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their
hearts, and turn and be healed.’
Isaiah 6:9-10
9. The secret of the kingdom of God has been
given to you. But to those on the outside
everything is said in parables so that, they
may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and
ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!
Mark 6:11-12
10. Looking up – the rebellious Israelites
Then the LORD sent
venomous snakes among
them; they bit the people
and many Israelites died
Num 21:6
11. Looking up – the rebellious Israelites
Then when anyone was
bitten by a snake and
looked at the bronze
snake, s/he lived
Num 6:9b
12. Looking up – to the cross
Just as Moses lifted up
the snake in the desert,
so the Son of Man must
be lifted up, that
everyone who believes in
him may have eternal life
John 3:14
13. Looking through spiritual eyes
‘The eye is the lamp of the body.
If your eyes are healthy, your
whole body will be full of light.
But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body
will be full of darkness. If then the light within you
is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matt 6:22-23
14. Looking around – serving others
… consider others better than yourselves.
Each of you should look not only to your own
interests, but also to the interests of others
Phil 2:3b-4
15. “True humility is not thinking
less of yourself;
it is thinking of yourself less”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
16. Looking ahead – a vision of the future
Where there is no vision
the people perish …
Prov 29:18 KJV
Where there is no
prophetic vision the
people cast off
restraint (become
discouraged)
Prov 29:18 ESV
17. … let us rid ourselves of
everything that gets in the way,
and of the sin which holds on to
us so tightly, … Let us keep our
eyes fixed on Jesus …
So do not let yourselves become
discouraged and give up
Heb 12:1-5 GNB
