“Then
I said, ‘Here am I! Send me’.” Isaiah 6:8
What other response could we
possibly give to the One who has washed away our sin and given us eternal life?
Can we really say, “Thanks, now so long”? If we were condemned to death and
someone came along and said, “I will take your place”, would we say, “Thanks,
so long”, or would we say, “I will remember you forever and take care of your
family as long as I live”? God has just revealed Himself to the prophet and cleansed
his sins. Isaiah’s response was the only possible and reasonable response, “Here
I am! Send me.”
Paul echoes this scene in Romans
12:1. “I beseech ye therefore brethren, by
the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
to God, which is your reasonable service.” Paul says that after we have
received God’s mercy we have only one reasonable response. “Here I am! Send me.”
We have, after all, been sent into the world to reveal the light of Christ. It
is reasonable that we obey that commission.
Dear Father, Thank You for
forgiveness and new purpose in life. Amen.
The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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