Pastor Eric Schroeder
Text: Isaiah 49:1-6
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“I have a special job for you. I know I could ask any number of people, but if I did, I don’t know if they could handle it. Actually, I know for a fact that no one else could complete this assignment like you can. You have what it takes. You know everything you need to know going in, and you have the gifts, and I am confident that this is a mission that has your name written all over it….” What would you say if someone approached you and began a conversation like that? Most of us would wonder what this special job is all about—that seems reasonable, right? Some of us would be instantly suspicious, because no one has ever talked to us that way in our entire lives. Still others of us might feel so honored by such confidence that we might sign up without knowing what the task actually is. In the end, we could wind up just about anywhere on the spectrum in our response. I know it can be hard to think about what you would do in a hypothetical situation like that, but I am pretty sure that we would all agree on one thing: perhaps the biggest factor in our immediate response would be whether or not we trust the person who is calling us into his service.
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