Answer the call
The DNA of Discipleship: Advancing the Mission
Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Harvesting crops is good because it feeds people. This type of work can be hot and tiring but it has a great reward. When we pray for harvest workers, Jesus said to ask God to cast or thrust them into the harvest. This is the same verb used to cast out demons. It is violent and messy. It is abrupt and sudden. We don’t ease into it. We are fired into the harvest. We don’t wade in the shallow end. We jump off the deep end. This is something we can’t necessarily control or manage. It happens to us. So keep your eyes open. You may find that you are fired into a whole new situation where you stop being a consumer of religious truth and start to desperately hang on to God, way out of your comfort zone. This is a risky prayer but as we pray for harvest workers, the Lord invites us to say like Isaiah, “Here am I, send me!”
For Reflection:
- Why did Jesus use an agricultural expression for something so important?
- What term would Isaiah have used?
Make Life Count:
- Go for a walk to somewhere you can see a skyline or people or traffic. Imagine God asking you ‘Who will go for us’. Tell Him your response.
- Are you thinking about offering yourself to be sent wherever God chooses? How do you feel about that? We would love to hear.
Hungry for More?
- What would you need to happen so you could say ‘Here I am, send me’ ? (Or you may have already told God that.)
Together in the harvest…
