{"id":64972,"date":"2019-10-30T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=64972"},"modified":"2023-05-25T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:31:22","slug":"vision-leads-to-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/vision-leads-to-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Leads To Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isaiah, greatest of the prophets after Moses, experiences a vision unlike any other: he sees God\u00a0 sitting on a throne so lofty that its legs rest in the Holy Temple, yet it reaches up to the highest heavens. God is on the throne, and swirling seraphim surround and exclaim, \u201cHoly, Holy, Holy, the entire world is filled with God\u2019s glory.\u201d Filled with fear, Isaiah cries out that he is unworthy, as are his people. And one of the seraphim responds by touching purifying coal to his lips, removing any impurity he might have previously had.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At that dramatic moment, God speaks, and Isaiah hears: \u201cWho shall I send?\u201d And the newly-energized prophet calls out, \u201cHere I am! Send me!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This scene is so raw, so potent, that it is easy to picture with the mind\u2019s eye. Swirling, billowing smoke, angels in whirling motion, human inadequacy and divine presence meet in snatching hot coal from the altar and forever smelting the heart and tongue of Israel\u2019s prophet of consolation. Responding to the merest mention of God\u2019s need, Isaiah blurts out his own eagerness to be the one that God sends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe this is wrong to say, but I can\u2019t help thinking of Dumbo\u2019s magic feather. The elephant with the big ears had the talent to fly all along, but his crippling self doubt, his pervasive self-loathing prevented him from knowing his own capacity. So his insightful friend and coach, Timothy Q. Mouse, offers him a normal feather, telling Dumbo that the feather possesses the magical capacity to enable its holder to fly. To each their own placebo!<\/span><\/p>\n

The magic, it turns out, isn\u2019t in the feather. It is in the power of the mind, liberated from its own devastating self-criticism and pervasive put downs, to accomplish real greatness. In the case of Isaiah, having his lips brushed with a coal from the altar lets him believe in himself enough to believe in God better. Someone has to proclaim God\u2019s Word of hope and consolation. Isaiah has been set free to be that voice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our time as well has need of people willing to speak the Word: not words of coercion and dogma, but words of wisdom, faithfulness, resilience, and hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holy, Holy, Holy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holy \u2013 enough to believe in ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holy \u2013 enough to trust the message.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holy \u2013 enough to rely on the unleashed power of love.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Vision Leads To Readiness","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Our time as well has need of people willing to speak the Word: not words of coercion and dogma, but words of wisdom, faithfulness, resilience, and hope. Holy, Holy, Holy. Holy \u2013 enough to believe in ourselves. Holy \u2013 enough to trust the message. Holy \u2013 enough to rely on the unleashed power of love.","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false,"send_noty":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115488,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64972\/revisions\/115488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}