HAVE WE ANSWERED HIS CALL

“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

Pastor Daniel March wrote a beautiful hymn that should make every Christian search his or her heart to see if we are willing to answer the call of Jesus.  I love the words in this hymn.  I just found it on the internet tonight and it touched my heart so I want to share it with you.  I’m so glad I answered His call on my life.

“Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling”.  “If you cannot cross the ocean, And the distant lands explore, You can find the lost around you, You can help them at your door; If you cannot give your thousands, You can give the widow’s mite; What you truly give for Jesus, Will be precious in His sight.”

There are some people who will get up very early in the morning to go fishing but these same people won’t get up to spend time with our precious Saviour.  People say they are too busy or too tired to have devotions.  If we are too busy to spend time with Jesus, we are too busy and we need to rearrange our schedules.

When God called me to be a missionary, He gave me this Scripture verse.  “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;” (Isaiah 61:1).

God didn’t call me to be a preacher or pastor.  He called me to be a missionary and tell others how much Jesus loves them.  What a privilege it has been to serve Him since January 24, 2005.  O how I love Jesus!  He is the Joy of my heart.

Joanne Lowe

June 21, 2018