Here I Am

Exodus 3:4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”

“Here I am”. It sounds so simple. But to answer a call by God, takes a rare courage and a measure of faith that few have. For to do so entails giving up your own life, your personal desires and ambitions and setting off down the road ‘less traveled’. The amazing part, however, is that when one does so, one finds a degree of peace and an accompanying wisdom that far exceeds one’s wildest dreams, for to follow God’s call is to rest in His word and therein lies the answer to all the truths we spend our sad lives seeking. It is then that we are fulfilling the true purpose God has for us. The irony lies in the fact that the ‘rare courage and faith’ are actually available to each one of us, for the good Lord Himself provides this, once we set off on His path. It is simply for us to say “Yes”. 

Edmund Rice did so. Mother Teresa did too.

Do we have the courage? Do we have the faith?

All it takes is a simple “Here I am”.