0114 蒙神呼召
我又聽見主的聲音說：「我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯為我們去呢？」我說：「我在這裡，請差遣我！」《以賽亞6:8》
神沒有直接呼召以賽亞 —是以賽亞無意中聽到神說：「…誰肯為我們去呢？」神的呼召不只是為揀選的少數人，而是為每個人。我是否聽到神的呼召，取決於我耳朵的情況，我到底聽見了什麼，則取決於我屬靈的態度。「被召的人多，選上的人少」（馬太福音22:14），也就是說，少數人證明他們是蒙揀選的。被揀選的人，就是那些透過耶穌基督與神建立了關係，他們靈命光景被改變，並且耳朵被開通的人。然後，他們不斷聽到「主的聲音」問「誰肯為我們去呢？」然而，神並未單挑某人說：「現在你去吧。」祂沒有將祂的意志強加給以賽亞；以賽亞在神的面前，他無意中聽到了這個呼召，他的回應完全是自由的，只是說：「我在這裡！請差遣我。」
從你的頭腦中除去期待神來強迫你或懇求你的想法。當我們的主呼召祂的門徒時，祂並沒有從外界施予不可抗拒的壓力。祂安靜而熱情地堅持說「跟從我」的聲音，是對那些各種感官都能接收的人說的（見馬太福音4:19）。如果我們容讓聖靈帶領我們與神面對面，我們也會聽到以賽亞所聽到的「耶和華的聲音」。我們也會在完全的自由中，說：「我在這裡！請差遣我。」
來自章伯斯的智慧
無論上帝的旨意將我們扔到哪裡，無論是貧民窟、商店還是沙漠，我們都必須沿着祂的指示努力工作。永遠不可有「我在這裡毫無用處」的想法，因為如果你不在所在之地，你當然是毫無用處！無論祂在哪裡發動了你的環境，就是禱告。 《故我差遣你》
0114 Called By God
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.” —Isaiah 6:8
God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, “…who will go for Us?” The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God’s call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude. “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). That is, few prove that they are the chosen ones. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and have had their spiritual condition changed and their ears opened. Then they hear “the voice of the Lord” continually asking, “…who will go for Us?” However, God doesn’t single out someone and say, “Now, you go.” He did not force His will on Isaiah. Isaiah was in the presence of God, and he overheard the call. His response, performed in complete freedom, could only be to say, “Here am I! Send me.”
Remove the thought from your mind of expecting God to come to force you or to plead with you. When our Lord called His disciples, He did it without irresistible pressure from the outside. The quiet, yet passionate, insistence of His “Follow Me” was spoken to men whose every sense was receptive (Matthew 4:19). If we will allow the Holy Spirit to bring us face to face with God, we too will hear what Isaiah heard— “the voice of the Lord.” In perfect freedom we too will say, “Here am I! Send me.”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Wherever the providence of God may dump us down, in a slum, in a shop, in the desert, we have to labor along the line of His direction. Never allow this thought— “I am of no use where I am,” because you certainly can be of no use where you are not! Wherever He has engineered your circumstances, pray. —So Send I You, 1325 L