Finally, in personal renewal Isaiah embraced God's solution to mankind's deliverance. When revival really comes, we begin to see each individual as well as every cultural and ethnic group within God's redemptive possibility and prerogative. We discover that all of humanity is not just universally depraved but universally deprived. Our attitude is transformed from rejection of self and others to the redemptive acceptance of any and all who will admit their sin and embrace Jesus Christ. A Gripping Responsiveness to God's Call One of the humbling mysteries of revival is that God desires to include each of the redeemed in his most important work the restoration of the relationship between himself and humanity.
Genuine renewal demands a counting of the cost.
But God mercifully sobers our emotion by asking us to first fully assess the price of committing to the Great Commission. Isaiah was challenged to aggressively share the message of God within a culture unresponsive and resistant to his message. Not much has changed thousands of years later. The work of God's kingdom demands courage, discipline, sacrifice, and commitment. Our venue may change as time passes and aging limits, but we will be continuously about this Great Commission work until he comes to take us home.