[Difference Makers ls] A Graceful TouchSample

Send Me

At our church, we have a ministry to help widows. We make a list of what needs to be done and we show up. Men bring their sons. It is a wonderful, multi-generational deal. We gather power tools and energy drinks and go to a widow’s house. Then we paint, pressure wash, do yard work, and fix things. 

One of our single men was getting married. He decided that for his bachelor party, he and his groomsmen would go to the men's service event and serve a widow. Absolutely amazing! When the widow found out about it she gave him a button that said, “Best groom.” She baked a little cake, offered apple cider to the groom and his groomsmen, and they came together and did what she needed. 

I didn’t do anything like that on my wedding weekend. It never would not have even occurred to me, but what a difference can be made when we step up and say, “Here I am, send me.”

All of us realize that something is broken in our world, but many of us are saying, “Oh yeah, send them.” Somebody should go on a mission trip. We say, “They look like a good group.” Somebody should share their faith. We say, “You should do that. No, it can’t be me; I've got all these other obligations.” Somebody should volunteer at the church. We say, “It should be you. If you knew my schedule, it just wouldn’t work out.” But at some point, “Here I am, send them,” needs to become, “Here I am, send me.”

In the garden, after Adam and Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit, they hid from the Lord. God asked where they were. Did He not know? No, He wanted them to step forward and own their sin. “Here I am” is part of Isaiah’s prayer. He knew exactly where he was. He knew his need for the Lord, and still he wanted the Lord to use him. 

Will you answer the spiritual needs of this world with “Here I am, send me,” or “Here I am, send them?” Difference makers express a willing heart and a willing life. They live intentionally—listening to the Holy Spirit and humbly proclaiming and demonstrating the Gospel in word and deed.

Am I saying, “Send them?” Or will I say with Isaiah, “Here I am, Lord, send me”?