Ability and Availability
The spiritual life isn't so much about ability as it is availability.
This Sunday we hear the famous story of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, and a camping trip, they'll never forget...
In that passage we will hear Abraham utter a Hebrew word, hineni, not once, or twice, but three times. It means, here I am.
Abraham, the spiritual founder of three great world religions, did not make a name for himself as an academic theologian or ruler of vast armies, but by simply showing up.
When God called him, when his son called him, when the angel called him, Abraham said here I am.
The spiritual life, then, begins and ends with presence. Listening. Obeying. Getting up. Moving out. It starts as we get started.
How am I present? And how might I say, here I am?
God gives ability that begins with availability.
