Who will go?

I did not write the following. However, it bears my sentiments exactly. So, by use of cut and paste, I give you today's devotion from another source. It you are curious, please email me and I'll give you the address of the source. Otherwise, read and think.


"Then I heard the Lord asking, `Whom should I send as a messenger to my people? Who will go for us?' And I said, `Lord, I'll go! Send me.' -Isaiah 6:8 (NLT)

God has called you by name. God has chosen you before you were born. God is sending you out into a world that desperately needs him. He is has a mission for you that is a matter of life and death. Will you go?

Here is a young girl whose father beats her, and there is a young man confused by the sexual messages of the world. There is a woman who has no purpose in life. There is a man in the hospital at age 35, stressed out because of the pressures of his job. There is a baby abandoned in an alley. There is an old man sleeping in the streets. There is a young mother struggling to make ends meet. There is a couple who have just lost a child. There is a newlywed couple trying to figure out how to be married. There is a daughter whose only hope of her father's love is to be a soccer player, but her soul craves music. There is a son whose parents are too busy for him. There is a policeman who wonders if God really cares about anything. There is a `cutter' who simply longs to feel accepted and loved.

There is a church whose soul needs to sing the praises of God. There is a community of faith which needs to be the hands and feet of God. There is a small group who needs to know the love of God. There is a committee which needs to catch a passion for the Lord. There is a Sunday School teacher who needs to know "Yes, I can!"

There is a bus driver who needs to know he matters. There is a college student who needs to know God is there. There is a drifter, who needs to know someone knows he's alive. There's a social worker who believes help can really be there. There is a 5 year old who just loves Jesus! There is a coach who wonders if kids will ever learn respect. There is a dance teacher who wishes she had a life she found joy in. There is a person here and here…and there…and there…and there…and they all need to know the love of God and his purpose for them.

There is a world dying of thirst and you have God's life-giving, everlasting water. Will they perish because you did not share the Good News with them? Will those missing from the banquet table of God be lost forever because I thought it's not my job to invite them?The mission is clear. It's only possible if I answer the call, if I say with serious commitment the words – Send me! I'll go! Yes, LORD, I will do it?