January 25 “Here I am Lord, Send Me!” Isaiah 6:8
ANNOUNCEMENT: Baptist Tabernacle Church will be 100 years old, in 2022. A grand celebration is planned for May 22, 2022, to commemorate the first service as an organized church body! Special information, recognitions, God’s Word, and a catered meal will be a part of the celebration. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the festivities.
***Due to the rise in COVID19 related illnesses, we are strongly encouraging the use of Masks, within the sanctuary, and to continue to observe “Social Distancing.” Together, with a faithful reliance on God, we will overcome this present challenge!!***
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” (Isaiah 6:8)
In Isaiah 6, God has called Isaiah as a prophet, and he is sharing his prophetic vision and he is willing to embrace the calling and go to the people that have become “fat and dull of hearing and are living in sin!” One of the things that has always attracted me to the Baptist Denomination, is our commitment to missions. We participate in State, National, and international missions, to share the Good News with “all nations!” I believe that we should commit our time, talents, and resources to assisting and encouraging these endeavors and we should commit these efforts to prayer. I have always respected and admired and encouraged missionaries that travel to foreign lands, to bring the Gospel to the world. Not everyone can be a “Foreign” missionary, however, we can be a “Missionary” right where we are, at this moment! Amazingly, mission work is going on and many don’t even know it. Specifically, at Baptist Tabernacle, what started as a “Youth” fundraiser, to defer the cost of attending Summer Camp, has become a mission field! The “Missions Marketplace” has become as outreach into the community and the resources are being put back into the community. It is fascinating that the community, at large, recognize the mission, and support the causes that we target. Missions occurs everywhere that we are! Just recently, I felt a strong sense of guilt, in that I have failed to “Evangelize” the folks that are next to the church. So, I have begun a “Missions” project, to reach out to the neighbors of the church and to open a relationship, with the purpose of sharing the “Good News!” Remember, our Mission Field is right where we are, at any given moment! Guess what? The widow that is homebound, or the neighbor that is struggling to continue to maintain their yard, or the clerk at the gas station or the cashier at the Walmart, or the person in line to check out at Walgreens, or your neighbor that needs a “kind” word of encouragement! As I “Preach” about “Evangelism.” We must recognize our duty, our responsibility, our calling, our purpose! “Here I am Lord, SEND ME!” Our life, Our Purpose, is more than just getting by…WE MUST BE ABOUT THE FATHER’S BUSINESS! Do you realize that there are people, right here, right now, that have not heard the “Good News,” and are on their way to “Hell?” I am embracing the Call; I am exercising the mission and I refuse to allow one single soul to be denied the presentation of the “Good News!” What they do with it is their business! I commit to be about my Father’s Business of “SAVING US FROM HELL!” I pray that our question, each day, will be, “What are you calling me to do today, Lord?” Empower me Lord, through the Holy Spirit, whatever my mission – I am assured that I can accomplish it, here and now, today, because of Your Grace and Love and Your Divine touch on my life. Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!