One of the things I do every day is to put a challenge coin in my pocket that says, “That others may live.” As I pick it up, I pray, “Lord, here I am. I am on your team. Send me where you want me to go. Put people in my path who need to hear from you, and use me how you see fit today.” It’s a constant reminder to me that my life is not my own and that my ultimate goal is to do what God wants me to. There were several instances in the Bible where God called out to people and their response was, “Here I am.” God used each of them. I believe that when God calls us, you and I should have that same response letting Him know we are available.
Here are some Bible verses where people said, “Here I am”:
1. And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!” “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”
Genesis 22:10-12 NLT
2. “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’… And He said, “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.”
Genesis 31:10-11, 13 NIV
3. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him as a flame coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up. “This is strange,” he thought. “Why isn’t the bush burning up? I will go closer and see.” When the LORD saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him from the middle of the bush and said, “Moses! Moses!” He answered, “Yes, here I am.”
Exodus 3:2-4 GNT
4. So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed. And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
1 Samuel 3:8-10 NLT
5. Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Isaiah 6:8 AMP
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 