I Asked God · Track 19 · Beyond the Song

Here I Am, Send Me

For when you feel unqualified.

The Lyrics

I used to think You needed someone louder
Someone cleaner, someone further down the road
I kept waitin' to feel ready, feel qualified
While You were callin' my name the whole time

'Cause You don't call the equipped
You equip the ones You call

So here I am, send me
I'll go where You lead
I might not have it all together
But in You I've got all I need
Use this story, use this voice
Use this ordinary life
No more askin' am I worthy
Here I am, send me

There's a reason that You brought me through the valley
A purpose hidden in the pain I carried out
Everything I survived was preparation
Now I see what You were gettin' me ready for

You don't waste a single tear or season
You were writin' me a mission all along

So here I am, send me
I'll go where You lead
I might not have it all together
But in You I've got all I need
Use this story, use this voice
Use this ordinary life
No more askin' am I worthy
Here I am, send me

I'll go to the ones the world walked past
I'll carry the hope I almost didn't have
Whatever You ask, wherever You send
My answer is yes, again and again

Here I am, send me
I'll go

Track 21 closes the album with the (Amen) reprise of this song.

The Scripture

The verses this song is built on — sit with them slowly.

I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
Isaiah 6:8 (WEB)

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: that no flesh should boast before God.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (WEB)

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
Exodus 4:10-12 (WEB)

The Story

Isaiah, the man with unclean lips

Read: Isaiah 6:1-8 →

Isaiah's first reaction to seeing God's glory wasn't volunteering — it was "woe is me, I'm ruined." Then the coal touched his lips, guilt taken, and the same mouth that said "I'm unclean" said "here am I — send me." God has never once called the equipped. He equips the called.

Listen

The (Amen) reprise — track 21:

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