“Whom shall I Send?”

Sunday, May 19, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 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 6:6–8

After twenty-five years in India as a missionary, Alexander Duff returned home to Scotland in broken health. As he was addressing a church gathering in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the need for more missionaries, he fainted. The doctors told him he might die if he tried to finish his message, but Duff insisted. In a wavering voice, he looked out over the crowd and said, “Fathers and mothers of Scotland, is it true that you have no more sons to send to India to work for the Lord Jesus Christ? The call for help is growing louder and louder, but there are few coming forward to answer it. You have the money put away in the bank, but where are the laborers who shall go into the field? When the sovereign wants men to volunteer for his army in India, you freely give your sons. You do not talk about their losing their health, and about the trying climate. But when the Lord Jesus is calling for laborers, Scotland is saying, ‘We have no more sons to give.’”

God’s plan to reach the world today is the same as it has been since Jesus sent His disciples out to preach. “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 10:7). Those of us who have the truth are obligated to share it with those who have not yet heard it.

Today's Growth Principle: 

God is still looking for men and women who are willing to make the sacrifice to take the gospel to the world.