Daily devo today focused on Abraham’s story of fear, obedience and willingness from Genesis 22:1–18 where each time God calls on Abraham, Abraham replies saying “Here I am.”

As soon as I read the title of today’s devotion I was also reminded of Isaiah’s response when God called on him (Isaiah 6:8):

…”Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

I think if you ask a Christian what we would do if God called us or if God called us to do something we’d all say “yeah, I’ll do it (i.e. here I am etc. etc.).” But really, if it actually happened (or when it does happen) we might say something along the lines of “sure, later” or “sure, after I accomplish this” or “nah, are you crazy?!”

When I think about that kind of response (and I think that too sometimes) and reflect on the willingness and obedience of people like Abraham and Isaiah, I think: man, if we really thought about who we were talking to the way they did (i.e. the God of everything, who has power over everything and can smite us on the spot o__o), we would be doing it right away.

That said though, I do have to say, it’s not easy. Even more so for our media-enriched-short-attention-spanned generation than ever before. But I don’t think it’s impossible.

I pray that I can have that resolve and willingness to answer God’s call when I hear it.