Here I am Lord

The Lord Will Provide: Jehovah Jireh

I love this name of God...and stand on the promises of this part of His character often. He WILL provide!!

This name shows up in the bible - when God tests Abraham with the request to sacrifice his son.

LEt's get into the story...remember LSV version (for my new ladies - this is the "Lisa Standard Version") is used exclusively in these emails!!! ;- )

We are in Genesis 22:1

God calls Abraham by name: "Abraham"

....and the sweetest answer possible to God's ears...."Here I am"

I dont know about you - but just those two lines make my heart happy, and give me reason to pause. How I long to be that obedient and that in tune with the heartbeat of the Father. That, a second after He calls my name, I can answer, "Here I am".....and be ready to move in His direction.

The distractions melt away, the priorities melt away, the focus of everything and anything dissipates as HE calls out to me. His priorities become my priorities. That my heart is in such perfect rhythm with His- that I stop, and give Him my full attention. "Here I am Lord"....

There is a song that I just love..."Here I am Lord"....This song always seems to move me to tears. It was one of the songs that Dave and I chose for our wedding ceremony. The cry of my heart has always been, "Here I am Lord"...but, as I grew older and there were diapers and bills...homeschooling and choir.....sickness and schedules....my life has gotten busier. Long gone are those days , of being a young adult, and having nothing but time - my own time to spend as I chose.. Even back then, I remember a friend that became a priest. I remember being jealous of the time - the solitary time- he got to devote to God. I played with the thought of becoming a nun...to get to be able to spend that much time with God...my soul panted for it- even back then.

There seems to be more distractions, as I get older. I am pulled in more directions and stretched thinner than I can sometimes bare. Can I still hear His voice through the din of the other voices that call out to me? Can I discern that lovely, sweet voice that calls me to deeper water? Am I willing to stop everything to listen, to respond with "Here I am Lord...."

"I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard My people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.
I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart."