Sep 4 – Isaiah 5:8-30, Isaiah 6, Isaiah 7, Isaiah 8:1-10 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 Psalm 105:23-36

Is 6:8

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 

That call has not gone away. God is looking for someone to go. There is a great need. The world is in a desperate state. The same question is getting asked in the heavenly throne room today, I really believe that. Who shall God send? Who will go?

It’s easy to think of other people who should be going. In fact it’s very easy. It’s even easy to get excited about what other people achieve when they go. 

But the Isaiah response is more personal than that. He could have suggested a number of people to go. But he knew the call to be a personal one. 

Who will go? May we have the Isaiah response. “Here I am. Send me”

2 Cor 7:9-10

As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

There are two kinds of sorrow – worldly and godly. One leads to repentance the other does not.

Worldly sorrow is a feeling bad, a feeling guilty – even wanting things to change and feeling huge regret but that’s it. Nothing changes. The same mistakes are made.

Godly sorrow is different. It produces repentance – a turning around and a transformation. This is the sorrow that leads to salvation. Worldly sorrow just leads to death. 

The problem is, to an observer they can look the same. We can think someone has come to Jesus in repentance but actually they are just showing worldly sorrow. How Dan you tell the difference? By the fruit. By the results. By the changes in life.

How can you see the difference in your life? How can you see if you’ve just had worldly sorrow or godly? Repentance is when you are not just sorry but sorry enough to change.