GO

A year ago, I wouldn't have thought of ever "going" anyplace, to help anyone again. However, my heart has changed. I've given God "a little bit of elbow room" in my life and I still need to and want to give Him a little more room. Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready for my day, a song often sung at Christmas time came to mind: "Children Go Where I Send Thee". The first verse says Children go where I send thee--how shall I send thee--I'm gonna send thee one by one, one for the little bitty baby, was born, born, born in Bethlehem." That got me thinking. I should be going for the little bitty baby born in Bethlehem, not just for "me". When I first thought about that verse, I was thinking He was sending me to the babies of the world, FOR the "baby of the world". Which does make sense doesn't it? His true religion is to visit the orphans and widows. (James 1:27) As I thought about the song mentioning "born in Bethlehem", I thought I need to "go" to Him first and foremost. I need to go to the baby in Bethlehem.
John 15:16 mentions "you did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go..."
Paul was devoted to a Person, not to a cause. He was absolutely Jesus Christ's. He saw nothing else and he lived for nothing else. If God chose me, and appointed me, then I need to make sure He is in all that I do.
With Haiti weighing heavy on my mind, and in the thoughts and prayers of many around the world, I feel like I want to do something. Right now I can pray. I can also give. Perhaps someday I can go. Or maybe go to another place. I need to wait on Him. "Expect Christ to come--not in a particular way--but to come." I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I'll wait and see what He shows me.
I see in Galatians an amazing promise: 1:15, 16--"But when God, who set me apart from birth, and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles." I'll keep thinking and praying.