I posted the first eight verses of Isaiah 6 on Thursday because I read them and wanted to share them with everyone.
Today I read them to my family in Church and we started discussing how we would respond if we heard God saying “Whom shall I send?”
My six year old daughter commented that in today’s language, we probably wouldn’t say “Here am I. Send me.” but we thought we might say “Ooo, pick me, pick me!”
Is that how you are with God? Do you hear of works, ministries and missions and go home saying to God “Ooo, pick me! I’ll do it!”
Or do you instead pick and choose and assess how much you think you’d like doing whatever it is? Do you just automatically reject anything that doesn’t sound like it’s your kind of thing?
What’s interesting about the passage in Isaiah is that God says “Who will go?” He doesn’t say where or when or what he wants done, he just asks “Who will go for us?”
I think sometimes we need to stop looking at the details, stop demanding to know everything in advance and stick our hands willingly in the air and say “Pick ME!!!!”
I like this! I wish that I could have this spirit more often than I actually do, but I feel that God is working on me, and that's a start.
God's always working on us, but I'm glad you're able to recognize it 🙂
Thanks for stopping by… don't forget to say "Pick ME!" this week!
Funny you should mention….for several months it has bothered me that I can't be more involved in my parish because I don't want to leave mom alone during the day…Now recently it turns out they need help with some things I can do at home, but it is out of my comfort zone.
My answer was "If you could find ANYONE else to jump in and do it, grab them, because they are probably better qualified than me. But if you are in a bind….I can probably figure it out eventually…"
Well, not exactly "HERE I AM, SEND ME! OOOH OOOHH! PICK ME!" but guess what? Yep, my lackluster response was the most enthusiastic they had! LOL. Here's to hoping I figure things out…
Kind of funny ….
I'm glad they picked you!
Amen!!!
Peter, I had a post I'd written and post-dated for my birthday. But after seeing "Here I Am. Send Me" on Thursday, I went ahead and released it yesterday. You inspired me too much to wait. 😀
Send Me On My Way