Here I am

A single confession can feel like a verdict—but what if it’s actually the beginning of your calling? In this episode, we journey through Isaiah’s powerful moment of honesty before God and discover how divine mercy transforms shame into purpose. From “I am unclean” to “Here I am, send me,” this story reminds us that cleansing always comes before calling. You’ll hear how God still takes imperfect voices, refines them with grace, and sends them out with renewed courage.

Listen for practical ways to live your own “send me”—choosing integrity, speaking hope, and taking small faithful steps forward.

Chapters

• 0:00 Feeling Unclean And Unworthy
• 0:26 The Seraph And The Burning Coal
• 1:11 Cleansed By Christ, Not By Coal
• 1:19 The Call And The Response: Send Me
• 1:49 You Are Called Despite Your Past

Transcript

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Here on Soul Food Podcast, Motivational Mondays with Bishop Joshua. Isaiah felt he was the worst man on earth. My lips are unclean. I live among unclean people. I am a sin. See how God transformed Isaiah. Let us go there to the next verse six. Then one of the seraphings or the angel flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongue from the altar. And he touted my mouth with it, and said, Behold this your lips, your iniquity staken away, and your seam purred. God does not take the coal, the coal from the altar. God does not take a stone. God cleans us with the blood of Jesus. Verse 8. Also Isaiah said, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Who shall I send? And who will go for us? For us, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, Trinity. Who will go for us? Then I said, Isaiah said, What did he say? Here I am, send me. A man who said, I am unclean. My lips unclean. A man who said, I live among unclean people, unclean lips. But the Lord purge him. And maybe this is how you feel. You feel worthless, you feel you don't deserve, you feel you are not the one. You feel the last, the least person. But let me tell you, the Lord is and has called you.