“Whom Shall I Send?”
BIBLE READING:
Isaiah
4-6
This is
a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and
Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that
Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody
got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody
could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up
that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
The story may be confusing, but the message is clear; no one
took responsibility so nothing got accomplished. Sadly, this story becomes the norm in many of
our churches. So many people expect
someone else to do the job that anybody could do, but in the end, nobody really
does it. That was certainly not the case
with Isaiah the prophet. When he heard
the voice of the LORD say, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”; there
doesn’t seem to be any hesitation in his voice, as he quickly volunteers. Did Isaiah fully understand the task God had
for him to do? I seriously doubt
it. In fact, I wonder if he had any real
inclination of all that God expected of him at all. Yet, Isaiah was still willing to volunteer
his services to do whatever it was that the LORD needed. We need more people like Isaiah in our
churches. There are so many things that
need to be done and so much more we could be doing if we just had more people
willing to volunteer to do them. This
week…make an extra effort to volunteer your time somewhere in the service of
the Lord; you will be glad you did. -MH
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