Called By God
CALLED
BY GOD
“I heard the voice
of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ Then I said, ‘Here
am I! Send me’” (Isaiah 6:8)
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did not direct His call to Isaiah—Isaiah overheard God saying, “. . . who will
go for Us?” The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone.
Whether I hear God’s call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and
exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude. “Many are called, but
few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). That is few prove that they are the chose
ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God
through Jesus Christ and have had their spiritual condition changed and their
ears opened. Then they hear “the voice of the Lord” continually asking, “. . . who
will go for Us?” However, God doesn’t single out someone and say, “Now, you go.”
He did not force His will on Isaiah. Isaiah was in the presence of God, and be
overheard the call. His response, performed in complete freedom, could only be
to say, “Here am I! Send me.”
Remove the thought from your mind of
expecting God to come to force you or to plead with you, When our Lord called
His disciples, He did it without irresistible pressure from the outside. The
quiet, yet passionate, insistence of His “Follow Me” was spoken to men whose
every sense was receptive (Matthew 4:19). If we will allow the Holy Spirit to
bring us face to face with God, we too will hear what Isaiah heard—“the voice
of the Lord.” In perfect freedom we too will say, “Here am I! Send me.”
MY
UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST
OSWALD
CHAMBERS
Edited by James Reimann
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