Go and Tell This People

This morning for my worship, I picked up my devotional book and today's reading was about committing yourself to being available to God. It opened up with the verse Isaiah 6:8, which I looked up so I could read around the verse. You should read it, even if you are familiar with it. Isaiah 6:8 says, "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!" He said, "Go and tell this people:..." I like the verse thus far, but reading to the end of the passage I become a little confused and discouraged. So maybe you can help me with that. But that wasn't what I was trying to get to. It was just a tangent. Back to the real point, being available to God. I really want this in my life, and I know that Christ has a lot of work to do in me. But I also realize that I don't have to be sinless and perfect for God to use me. Going back to that passage, verse 5, "Woe to me! I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and live among people of unclean lips...See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for (verse 7b)." Christ has already done the work to cover our guilt and He is ready for us! I think that's so amazing! It's of course one of those things one know, but it's hard to adopt the idea within one's own heart. Remember Paul speaking of the thorn in his flesh, the messenger of Satan, to torment him. God responds, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Then Paul goes on to say, "That is why, for Christs sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." Christ will make us strong as long as we hold on to Him!