Here I am...

Just came back from Oxygen, the international student ministry here.... and this is just something that spoke to me during the sharing.....

Here I am.... 3 words, simple yet profound... in the dictionary, Here means in this place, in this location, I am, meaning I am present, now... these are the words of Moses ( Exodus3:4), Jacob (Gen 46:2), Jesus ( Henrews10:7) What if these people didn't say these words? What if Moses said,"Wow! Freaky bush!!" Maybe he wouldn't be used by God to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. If Jesus did not say ,"Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, O God." Maybe we wouldn't be saved by grace today.

But they did say those words... and life wasn't perfect, it wasn't that they had no fears, no problems.... and they were all prep up, 'gang-ho' to do what God has called them to. Maybe Jesus was... but I believe for the rest, it was a matter of just taking that step of faith and saying, "God, Here I am." I suck, I am crappy. There is a million things wrong with my attitude and my life. But I am offering myself to You. Just as I am. Here I am. At Your disposal. For You to use me as You please.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.( Eccl 3:1) If we don't say Here I am today.... we might forgo the opportunities that God has given us to grow. If today we decide, Here I will be tomorrow.... when I am good and ready, when I graduate, when I start working, when I get married.... God will pass us by... the people we could have touched today may not be there tomorrow. The opportunities we have today might not be ones we will have next year.

So would your reply to God be, "Here I am."?