HIGHER THAN A KITE

“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 KJV

One of my pastors preached a sermon on happiness.  Pastor Byron said “If you want to fly higher than a kite, start serving Jesus”.  Pastor Byron is so right.  Since God gave me the privilege of serving His beloved Son, I have been flying higher than a kite.  What a privilege to serve the One Who died for me.

Does this mean that I am happy all the time?  No, because when we serve Jesus it makes satan very angry and he will do all he can do to discourage us so much that we stop serving Jesus.  We must not let that happen!  We must stay on the battlefield for Jesus just as He stayed on the battlefield for us.

E. Margaret Clarkson wrote a beautiful inspiring hymn.  It is one of my favorite hymns “So Send I You”.  “So send I you to leave your life’s ambition, To die to dear desire, self-will resign, To labor long, and love where men revile you- So send I you to lose your life in Mine.”  Have you answered the call to serve Jesus?

He may not call us to go to a foreign country but He is calling every Christian to spread the good news of His unconditional love for everyone.  There are some people who will get up very early to go fishing or go on a trip but they are unwilling to get up and go tell people that Jesus loves them.

How we must hurt our precious Saviour and break His heart when we aren’t willing to serve Him.  After all that He has done for us, it should be the desire of every Christian to serve Him.  The desire of my heart is to make Jesus happy.  If ever someone deserves to be happy, it is Jesus, the Saviour of the world.

Joanne Lowe

October 5, 2017