On Sunday, we continued Binge the Bible: Season 2 with this truth: God’s holiness convicts us, His mercy redeems us, and His grace compels us to serve.

That’s what we saw in Isaiah’s vision of the Lord in Isaiah 6. In the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and exalted. His response wasn’t joy but dread: “Woe is me! I am ruined.” God’s holiness exposed Isaiah’s sin, and he knew he was undone.

But God didn’t leave him there. A burning coal from the altar touched his lips, and in a moment the declaration was made: “Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” That’s the gospel—at the cross, judgment fell on Jesus so that mercy could fall on us.

Isaiah then heard the Lord’s call: “Whom shall I send?” and responded, “Here am I. Send me.” That’s the journey we’re invited into: from conviction, to cleansing, to calling.

So here’s the invitation this week: Don’t stop at being convicted; receive God’s mercy, and then live sent.