WILL YOU GO

"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."

Isaiah 6:8
King James Version

If we will listen with our heart, we will hear Jesus asking us "Will you go?" Harry Dixon Loes wrote the hymn "Everybody Ought to Know" The words in this hymn remind us that Jesus wants us to go and tell everyone that He loves them. "Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know Who Jesus is." When is the last time you told someone that Jesus loves him or her?

Mary Brown wrote one of my favorite hymns "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go". We sing this beautiful hymn but do we really mean the words that we sing? "It may not be on the mountain’s height, Or over the stormy sea; It may not be at the battle’s front My Lord will have need of me; But if by a still, small voice He calls To paths I do not know, I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Thine, I’ll go where You want me to go."

When God called me to be a missionary, I didn't know where He wanted me to go. When I walked down the aisle that Sunday morning during the invitation and told the pastor God had called me to be a missionary, the pastor prayed for me and told me not to wait until God showed me what He wanted me to do. The pastor said start telling everyone you see that Jesus loves them.

God did not send me to another country. He gave me the ministry of writing daily devotions with His help. The desire of my heart is to make Jesus happy. He has done so much for me and has been so faithful to me. He has never left me, not even for a minute. When I'm going through a dark valley or a crisis, He picks me up in His loving arms and carries me until the pain goes away.

You may think that you can't serve Jesus but all we have to do is be willing to serve Him and He will open the door where He wants us to go and help us do what He wants us to do. The most important thing Jesus wants us to do is to tell everyone that He loves them. However, it is not enough to tell people that Jesus loves them, we must prove it to them by our kind words and loving actions.

Have you answered the call of Jesus on your life? Is Jesus first in your heart and life? Have you told Jesus you love Him today? He has feelings too and He wants us to tell Him that we love Him. I love Jesus with all my heart. He is the reason I'm living and the Joy of my heart and one happy day, I will have the privilege of seeing Him face to face. How i long for that day. I'm going to give Him a big hug and spend eternity telling Him that I love Him.

Joanne Lowe
June 12, 2020