Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Good morning, friends!
From all I've read in the Bible, I sense that the voice of the Lord is still calling, as in Isaiah's time, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Isaiah seemed willing enough since he answered, "Here am I; send me." The question today is whether anyone in our generation will come forward and go where God sends them?
Jesus referred to the "harvest being great" yet the "labourers are few". Is it still that way today? Are we viewing a great harvest yet we have few hands to help work the fields? Jesus also admonished his followers years ago to "pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."(Luke 10:2) Prayer for laborers is still important today.
Who among us is willing to accept the call and the challenge to be a worker for the Lord? To work His harvest requires many hours with seemingly no reward, yet the retirement is out of this world!! Hands are needed to touch lost souls. Feet are needed to carry the gospel. Mouths are needed to speak of Jesus to a troubled world. Mainly, hearts are needed that care as He cared.
A very simple song came to mind as I was pondering the subject for today's spoonful. When I looked for all the words and the artist's name, I found that it was first published in 1954 after being written sixteen years earlier by a Canadian school teacher named Margaret Clarkston. It has been called the "greatest missionary hymn of the twentieth century". It's entitled simply, "So Send I You" -
So send I you to toil for Me aloneWho among us is willing to accept the call and the challenge to be a worker for the Lord? To work His harvest requires many hours with seemingly no reward, yet the retirement is out of this world!! Hands are needed to touch lost souls. Feet are needed to carry the gospel. Mouths are needed to speak of Jesus to a troubled world. Mainly, hearts are needed that care as He cared.
A very simple song came to mind as I was pondering the subject for today's spoonful. When I looked for all the words and the artist's name, I found that it was first published in 1954 after being written sixteen years earlier by a Canadian school teacher named Margaret Clarkston. It has been called the "greatest missionary hymn of the twentieth century". It's entitled simply, "So Send I You" -
So send I you to labor unrewarded
To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown
To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing -
If you have answered the call to work for the Lord, keep working! Our "Boss" is the greatest, and we know that everything we do for Him never goes unnoticed by Him!
Until tomorrow, Lord willing...................
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