Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is POWERFUL!
Called Of God
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. —Isaiah 6:8
God did not address the call to Isaiah; Isaiah overheard God saying — “Who will go for us?” The call of God is not for the special few, it is for everyone. Whether or not I hear God’s call depends upon the state of my ears; and what I hear depends upon my disposition. “Many are called but few are chosen” that is, few prove themselves the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ whereby their disposition has been altered and their ears unstopped, and they hear the still small voice questioning all the time — “Who will go for us?” It is not a question of God singling out a man and saying, “Now, you go.” God did not lay a strong compulsion on Isaiah; Isaiah was in the presence of God and he overheard the call, and realized that there was nothing else for him but to say, in conscious freedom — “Here am I, send me.”
Get out of your mind the idea of expecting God to come with compulsions and pleadings. When our Lord called His disciples there was no irresistible compulsion from outside. The quiet passionate insistence of His “Follow Me” was spoken to men with every power wide awake. If we let the Spirit of God bring us face to face with God, we too shall hear something akin to what Isaiah heard, the still small voice of God; and in perfect freedom will say — “Here am I; send me.”
AMEN! We KNOW from 2 Corinthians 5:19 that each and every born again believer has been given the Ministry of Reconciliation. That is the call to tell everyone we come in contact with the Good News that God isn't holding anything against anyone! The price to be paid for sin was paid once for all by Jesus on the Cross. The ONLY sin not covered is the sin of rejecting Jesus and His incredible free gift! We have all have, also, been called to preach the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15). Some of us do this by going, some by staying and praying and paying for the others to go. When you and I say "Here I am Lord, send me", we are surrendering our will to His and committing that whichever He needs us to do, we are available! He WILL let us know by that still small voice where we are to serve! We should ALL start by praying and paying for the Gospel to be freely spread, freely received and confirmed with signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:20). Once we take responsibility for that, THEN and ONLY then will we qualify to be sent somewhere else! Commit yourself today to be WHERE God wants you to be, doing WHAT He wants YOU to do ! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Oceans - Where Feet May Fail":
Shalom in Him!
