I really love the simplicity of today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers.
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 that we are ALL called to the ministry of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5), which is letting the lost know that God isn't holding anything against them, but has already reconciled them to Himself through the blood of JESUS shed for all of our sin! Be led moment by moment by the Spirit of God as He sets up those situations and circumstances where you have the opportunity to share this great GOOD NEWS! After all, that IS why we are here! I love a line in this song by Hillsong called "God Who Saves" that says; "You leave the rescued (US) for the fallen (the lost)"! Shalom in Him!
