I can get enough of Thrice's interpretation of this small passage from Isaiah. Its easy to overlook in a book filled with wonder and miracle... but Isaiah's lips touched a coal from the heavenly alter of God. Nothing like this ever happened elsewhere in the Bible. Truly unbelievable. God sent a cherubim to inspire Isaiah, and then asked (all the while knowing the answer) aloud who he could send to preach to/against the people of Manasseh.
Inspired by the burning coal of the Holy God when it touched his lips, Isaiah didn't simply say "send me... I think" in fact I would argue he yelled, even screamed "SEND ME!" "SEND ME!!!!!" How could he not scream from the top of his lungs?
Dustin takes us from the beginning of the song, where a divine prophet of God actually fears being sent out to preach against a nation/people.... to the culmination of the song where not only is he not afraid, he is divinely inspired to go. He realizes he is an easy target, he realizes they won't understand him, and he realizes he may die... and he goes to his death without fear, for he is divinely inspired and he fears nothing!
Probably my favorite song from Thrice, I am brought to tears with the intensity Dustin has when screaming "Here I am send me!" How I long to have similar inspiration and be sent!
I can get enough of Thrice's interpretation of this small passage from Isaiah. Its easy to overlook in a book filled with wonder and miracle... but Isaiah's lips touched a coal from the heavenly alter of God. Nothing like this ever happened elsewhere in the Bible. Truly unbelievable. God sent a cherubim to inspire Isaiah, and then asked (all the while knowing the answer) aloud who he could send to preach to/against the people of Manasseh.
Inspired by the burning coal of the Holy God when it touched his lips, Isaiah didn't simply say "send me... I think" in fact I would argue he yelled, even screamed "SEND ME!" "SEND ME!!!!!" How could he not scream from the top of his lungs?
Dustin takes us from the beginning of the song, where a divine prophet of God actually fears being sent out to preach against a nation/people.... to the culmination of the song where not only is he not afraid, he is divinely inspired to go. He realizes he is an easy target, he realizes they won't understand him, and he realizes he may die... and he goes to his death without fear, for he is divinely inspired and he fears nothing!
Probably my favorite song from Thrice, I am brought to tears with the intensity Dustin has when screaming "Here I am send me!" How I long to have similar inspiration and be sent!