With God, it almost always looks the same. “Whom shall I send,
and… Go,
and tell this people”.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Go…and…tell!
Our problem is most of the time we don’t want to go anyplace…and
we don’t want to say much. After all, that’s a sure way to get hurt. Just ask
Nate Saint or Jim Elliot.
But…it has to be done. There are things that need saying.
Like…“listen hard, but you aren’t going to get
it; look hard, but you won’t catch on.’ (The Message)
That’s exactly why we don’t want to go and say stuff…those
kind of words are never going to get a “thank
you” out of people.
All Isaiah could think to ask was “how long do you want me to do this?” And God’s answer was “until I, God, get rid of everyone,
sending them off, the land is totally empty… the
country will look like pine and oak forest with every tree cut down—every tree
a stump, a huge field of stumps. But there’s a holy seed in those stumps.”
My reading of human nature is, the blessed promise
at the end of God’s statement will be lost in the confusion of the judgment at the
beginning. This is going to cost Isaiah something.
Even so, Isaiah said “here
am I. Send me!” That’s the kind of person God can
use!
We recently celebrated Memorial Day. Every grave stone in
every military cemetery represents an American hero. Nobody remembers the human
fears and failures that died along with the hero. That’s how it should be when
brave men and women answer the call. They become immortal.
Like Jim Elliot.
How do you want to be remembered?
Live
boldly out there today…
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