"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

God 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 evereone.

Wether 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 chosen ones.

The chosen are ones 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 he overheard the call. His

response, performed in complete freedom,

could only be say, "Here am I! send me."

Remove the thought from your mind of

expecting God to come to force you or 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 perpect

freedom we too will say, "Here am I! Send me."

                (BY: Oswald Chambers

             "My Utmost for His highest)