Skip to main content

21 July 2020 - Send Me!

By
21 July 2020 - SEND ME!

Today’s devotion is taken from Isaiah 6. In this chapter, we read of the vision of the Lord on the throne which Isaiah saw and also of his commissioning as a prophet to deliver the message of God to the Israelites.

Seeing the glory of God and experiencing that awesome splendor, no wonder Isaiah cried out, “Woe to me!” (Is. 6:5). There also seems to be a moment of fear and a cry of despair. Coming into God’s presence has obviously brought great conviction to his heart, He knew he was a sinner, being imperfect to be in the presence of the Perfect One, thus he cried out and confessed that he was a sinner.

As you see the majesty of God, what would be your reaction? Would you react like Isaiah? I trust and hope that as believers when we come into His Presence, our reaction would be to respond in repentance and in humility. We would acknowledge what God has done for us and the price that Jesus had to pay. We would ask for His forgiveness and cleansing. We are nothing, if there is no Jesus. In addition, because of what God has done for us, let us desire wanting to be used by Him, to be His instrument, to partner with Him for the extension of His Kingdom reaching out to the lost ones.

“Here am I. Send me” (Is 6:8). These words are quite popular and they have been used over and over again especially during mission week. Isaiah saw the need of the nation, the need of repentance by the people, and when the Lord asked, “Whom shall I send?”, he responded immediately to that call. He made himself available for God’s use even though the message that he was going to deliver to the people may make him unpopular.

Jesus’ ministry is all about people because He loves them. If people are so important to Jesus, then they should be extremely important to us too. All believers are called to serve people in need, whether it’s a need of food and shelter, or a need for knowledge, financial etc. Furthermore, we ourselves have tasted the goodness of God and have been truly blessed. In return, we should also want to reciprocate and tell others of our experience with Jesus. We should be excited about the good news and want to share with those who haven’t heard so that they will also be able to enter into the same relationship with Jesus and experience that life now has a meaning to it.

In ending, do reflect on how God is calling you to use your talent, experience, and passion, to reach out to those in need, and do respond in obedience to His calling.

Prayer – Lord Jesus, thank you for the word from Isaiah 6. Forgive me for my shortcomings. May what You have revealed to me through Your Word today dwell in my heart and prompt me to action. Amen.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Danger of Spiritual Infancy (Hebrews 5:11 - 6:12)

By
Have you met people who refuse to grow up? There are some adults who prefer to remain as children because they do not want to take on adult responsibilities. Not only is immature behaviour unpleasant to observe or deal with, the consequences are often destructive. In Hebrews 5:11-14, the writer expresses his frustration that some members of the church were refusing to grow into spiritual maturity. They were no longer trying to understand God’s word (v 11). Instead of taking on the responsibility of teaching others as they themselves had been taught, they needed to be taught the basics all over again (v12). Therefore, they were unable to take on “solid food” which is for mature Christians, and they were not able to distinguish good from evil (v14) or to understand teaching about righteousness (v13). Spiritual maturity is a necessary part of our walk with God. Remaining as a spiritual infant means that you are not good at discerning right from wrong and you will have a hard time maintain
Post a Comment
Read more

A prophet prophesies and the church fully obeys (Acts 11:27- 12:4)

By
During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) 29 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. 30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. 12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. When Jewish believers from Cyprus (Europe) and Cyrene (Liby
Post a Comment
Read more

THE BLESSINGS OF HIS NAME (Numbers 6:22 - 27

By
I find this interesting because I remember listening to Pastor Betty’s message for 2021, and it was on the same Benediction Blessing verses. And today’s Scripture reading is exactly the same, and I am sure the Holy Spirit wants to remind us of “The Blessings of His Name” for 2022. Today, our mobile phones are loaded with New Year wishes, TV and radio personalities wish into microphones and cameras – we hear them from so many different sources. Carefully note what God tells us: “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them, The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you; The LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace.’ So, they will put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.” (Numbers 6:23-27) In this way, God places His all-important NAME on us, His people. A comparison would be that of signing on a cheque. An unsigned check is void and worthless until the owner ‘s “name” has been pl
Post a Comment
Read more