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Title: I Am Undone
Scripture: Isaiah 6:5

Isaiah sees the Lord sitting on His throne, high and lifted up. The seraphim cry out that the whole earth is full of His glory. The doorposts shake. The house fills with smoke. This is not a gentle vision. This is God revealing Himself in His holiness. And Isaiah's immediate response tells us everything we need to know about approaching God.

"Woe is me! For I am lost." The Hebrew word means ruined, destroyed, undone. Isaiah isn't being dramatic. He's being accurate. When the holy God shows up, every pretense falls away. Every excuse evaporates. Every self justification sounds hollow. The prophet who will speak God's words for decades starts with five words that should be on our lips more often: I am ruined by comparison.

Notice what Isaiah sees about himself in light of God's holiness. He says he is a man of unclean lips. He doesn't point to his idolatry or his violence or his greed. He starts with his words. Because when you see God as He is, you realize that even your everyday conversation, your regular speech, your normal words are contaminated by sin. If Isaiah's lips are unclean, what about the rest of him? What about us?

This is why we need the gospel, not self improvement. Isaiah doesn't say, "I need to try harder." He says, "I am undone." He recognizes that the gap between God's holiness and his own condition is infinite. No amount of religious activity, no amount of moral effort, no amount of sincerity can bridge this gap. We need exactly what Isaiah receives: cleansing that comes from outside himself. A seraph takes a burning coal from the altar and touches his lips. God provides the solution that Isaiah cannot manufacture.

The Christian life starts here, and it returns here again and again. We come to God not as those who have it all together, but as those who are undone. We bring no resume, no track record, no bargaining chips. We bring only our need for cleansing. And God, in His grace, provides what we cannot earn. He cleanses us through the once for all sacrifice of Christ. He makes us fit for His presence, not because we have become impressive, but because Christ's blood covers our sin.

This shapes how we approach God each day. We don't come to Him claiming our devotion or our service. We come saying, "Woe is me, I am undone." And then we hear His word of grace: "Your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for." This is the daily rhythm of the Christian life. Seeing God as holy. Seeing ourselves as needy. Receiving His cleansing. Then, and only then, are we ready to hear His call and respond in obedience.

Prayer: Lord, we confess that we are people of unclean lips living among people of unclean lips. We have no standing before You except what Christ provides. Cleanse us again today through His blood. Make us fit for Your service, not by our worthiness but by Your grace. Amen.