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Discipleship Focus: Calling
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
There is
a really neat dimension at work here in the text. Of course Isaiah is obeying his calling from
God. God has called him to be a prophet
and to make declarations against the nations.
He is absolutely fulfilling this calling from God.
Yet, when
we hear the words of God through Isaiah we see something more than just a
fulfillment for a calling. We hear words
of compassion and mourning. We hear
words that sound as though the judgment is righteous but also unfortunate. There is sorrow that Moab is judged.
This is a
really neat thought. We are all called
to do things. We can do them bitterly
(like Jonah called to Ninevah). We can
do them well and as called (like Noah and the Ark). Or we can do them well and with sorrow when
others are condemned (like Moses in the desert or like Isaiah here). We always need to obey. But we need not always enjoy the condemnation
and judgment that other people receive.
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