Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 6:8, NLT- “Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
I am certain that when our all-knowing God asks a question, He already knows the answer. Isaiah was granted this vision and presented with the challenge of if He would go or not. God brought Isaiah into His vision yet allowed Isaiah to accept the challenge.
I am certain God knew my level of commitment and my pace when He brought me into this vision of Affirmations of God. Maybe I am being nostalgic but even more challenged. I have been on this Affirmations of God journey for quite some time. Recently, Dan Miller, creator of www.48days.com and who encouraged me to begin blogging, passed from this life to the next.
Dan told me blogging was like writing a book one day at a time. I posted my first blog on April 7, 2010, and here I sit on January 31, 2024, still blogging and attempting to compile blogs into a book. Sometimes I wonder if I accepted God’s challenge yet chickened out. Am I being kind of faithful to the call? Do I squeeze God and affirmations into a busy life or am I squeezing life into a calling from God?
I still do not know the answer to that question. However, I just went to Dan’s website post his passing and he is still challenging me with the heading “Have you found yourself so busy with life that you haven’t been able to launch your dream?” I am sure Dan already knew the answer to that for most of us as well.
Life is busy. Life is challenging. God knows us better than we know ourselves and He knew we would be where we are. When our greatest fear is God and failing to complete His will, we will complete it in His perfect timing.
I am sure most of have us have thought that if we ever heard the Lord asking, “whom shall I send” we would say: “here I am, send me.” But have we already heard Him and yet not gone? Have we heard and just not perceived? It is my understanding that Dan passed only 48 days after learning of his diagnosis.
If we knew we only had 48 days left, what would we do to complete the dream or vision He has challenged us with. Will we say here I am LORD, send me and go now? That is our challenge today.
Today’s Prayer: Father God, I trust You. Thank You for allowing me to approach Your throne. Thank You for speaking through Your Word and Your prophets. I am here LORD, listening and seeking Your Word; help me to understand Your will. I believe You are God and You will speak clearly when You desire me to understand. Grant me the courage and faithfulness You expect from me. Help me to complete the work and calling You have for me. I am trusting You LORD to help me go where You are sending me. I am going now. Amen.
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