Here I Am

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 22:1 NIV

But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 22:11 NIV

This reminds me of an old friend old mine. Whenever we were listening to a message about being willing to go and serve the Lord he would lean over to me and say, "Here I am, Lord, send him." Seriously though, we both were trying to serve God.

Abraham's reply to God was simple. "Here I am." Abraham was willing to obey even when it seemed to go against what he understood to be God's plan. He was also willing to obey when God in the middle of an act of obedience. There's a lot we could meditate on in this passage. I just want to focus on Abraham's attitude expressed in, "Here I am." 

Abraham was God's servant and God's friend. As God's servant he simply was ready and willing, "Here I am." As God's friend he was ready to believe and obey, "Here I am." Christ said, "You are my friends if you do what I command you" (John 15:14). So, today as we seek the Lord we do so with a heart that simply says, "Here I am."