Are You Available?
Driving to and from the church office, hospital visits, and home visits, I frequently notice a redundant sign atop empty storefronts and vacant warehouse buildings that reads, “Available.”
It is a constant reminder to me that the Lord is more interested in my availability than He is in my abilities. He is less interested in my talents, my education, my wealth, or my successes than He is interested in how willing I am to minister to those around me.
Isaiah chapter six is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. In this chapter of Isaiah we are ushered into the very throne room of God. We see and hear the seraphim with their six wings crying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” We can literally feel the doorposts shake at their cry. We are immediately exposed to the Lord who is seated high upon His throne and we can only imagine what it looked like to see the train of his robe fill the whole temple.
As we make our way through this magnificent chapter, we arrive at verse eight where the Lord asks, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”
Isaiah’s instant reply is a resounding, “Here am I! Send me.”
I have thought about this question and this reply many, many times. Do I have this attitude? Am I as available to the Lord as Isaiah was? When another thing is added to my already busy schedule, am I available? When I am in the midst of a time crunch, am I available? When I have mismanaged my time, am I available? Convicting.
Can I challenge us all this week to be more available? Take a moment to pray with someone this week, to listen to someone, to simply be available to someone. May our reply be, like Isaiah’s reply, “Here am I! Send me.”
May you have a blessed week in the name of the Lord,
Pastor Adam
It is a constant reminder to me that the Lord is more interested in my availability than He is in my abilities. He is less interested in my talents, my education, my wealth, or my successes than He is interested in how willing I am to minister to those around me.
Isaiah chapter six is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. In this chapter of Isaiah we are ushered into the very throne room of God. We see and hear the seraphim with their six wings crying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” We can literally feel the doorposts shake at their cry. We are immediately exposed to the Lord who is seated high upon His throne and we can only imagine what it looked like to see the train of his robe fill the whole temple.
As we make our way through this magnificent chapter, we arrive at verse eight where the Lord asks, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”
Isaiah’s instant reply is a resounding, “Here am I! Send me.”
I have thought about this question and this reply many, many times. Do I have this attitude? Am I as available to the Lord as Isaiah was? When another thing is added to my already busy schedule, am I available? When I am in the midst of a time crunch, am I available? When I have mismanaged my time, am I available? Convicting.
Can I challenge us all this week to be more available? Take a moment to pray with someone this week, to listen to someone, to simply be available to someone. May our reply be, like Isaiah’s reply, “Here am I! Send me.”
May you have a blessed week in the name of the Lord,
Pastor Adam
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