OUR DAILY BREAD : MACAULEY

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June 29
Monday


MACAULEY

READ:
Isaiah 6:1-8
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Macauley Rivera, one of my dlearest friends in Bible college, had a passion for the Savior. His heart's desire was to graduate, marry his fiancee sharon, return to the inner city of Washington, DC, and plant a church to reach his friends and family for Christ.

That dream ended, however, when Mac and Sharon were tragically killed in an accident, leaving the student body stunned at the loss. At Mac's memorial service, the challenge was issued: "Mac is gone. Who will serve in his place?" As evidence of the impact of Mac's example, more than 200 students stood to take up the mantle of Christ's fallen servant.

The response of those students echoes the commitment of Isaiah. In a time of fear and insecurity, the prophet was summoned into the throne room of God, where he heard Him say, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Isaiah responded. "Here am I! Send me" (Isa. 6:8).

God still calls men and women to be His ambassadors today. He challenges us to serve Him--sometimes close to home, sometimes in distant lands. The question for us is, How will we respond to His call? May God give us the courage to say, "Here am I! Send me." __Bill Crowder
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````````````````Take the task He gives you gladly;````````````````
``````````````````Let His work your pleasure be;`````````````````
``````````````````Answer quickly when He calleth,````````````````
``````````````"Here am I, send me, send me." __March````````````
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Whom God calls, He qualifies;
whom He qualifies, he sends.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 6:1-8***********

1 In the year that King
Uzziah died, I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, high and
lifted up, and the train of
His robe filled the temple.

2 Above it stood seraphim;
each one had six wings:
with two he covered his
face, with two he covered
his feet, and with two he
flew. 3 And one cried to
another and said: "Holy,
holy, holy is the LORD of
hosts; the whole earth is
full of His glory!"

4 And the posts of the door
were shaken by the voice of
him who cried out and the
house was filled with
smoke.

5 So I said: "Woe is me,
for I am undone! Because I
am a man of unclean lips,
and I dwell in the midst of
a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the
King, the LORD of hosts."

6 Then one of the seraphim
flew to me, having in his
hand a live coal which he
had taken with the tongs
from the altar. 7 And he
touched my mouth with it,
and said: "Behold, this has
touched your lips; Your
iniquity is taken away,and
your sin purged."

8 Also I heard the voice of
the Lord, saying: "Whom
shall I send, and who will
go for Us?" Then I said,
"Here am I! Send me."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

This passage recounts the call of Isaiah to a difficult ministry. Isaiah
prophesied to Judah from about 740-681 BC, through the reigns of
Uzziah (Assariah) and Jotham, both godly kings; Ahaz, one of Judah's
worst; and Hezekiah, a king comitted to reforms. Isaiah was a
contemporary of the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Micah. Various
traditions say that he was related to Uzziah (explaining his easy
access to the royal courts; 7:3; 38:1; 39:3), was a priest, and was
sawn in two by king Manasseh (Heb. 11:37). __SIM KAY TEE