There are days when the words of this title are not declared confidently as an act of worship. But if we set them into the right situation then they can come alive and be of great benefit to us.
The author repeats the quotation from Psalm 40 which prophetically reveals what Christ came to do. He pauses for greater impact. Do you really understand this? Can you see it? And so must we. Let’s not rush by. I will wait on these verses the next couple of days I think.
Read these words again.
“First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10 v 8-10)
The multiple sacrifices were set aside for the one. The setting aside was the destruction of the old system for this one act of obedience to the will of God.
“Here I am, I have come to do your will”
Do you know those words, HERE I AM?
Not only spoken with hands raised in a beautiful precious moment of worship. But spoken at times when we are just turning up because it is simply a tough season for us.
HERE I AM I didn’t think I would come but I’m here.
HERE I AM in my disappointment and confusion.
HERE I AM in my hurt and anger.
And in those moments HE is gracious and HE is kind and HE takes us as we are and works within us HIS presence and we move on again.
What I’m trying to say is the words HERE I AM are not always victorious words. But we must learn to allow them to be enveloped by the great I AM. The great I AM stooped low and spoke the words HERE I AM for us.
Can you bring your HERE I AM position today and let the great I AM surround you, uphold you, strengthen you?
“Before Abraham was born, I AM” (John 8:58) reveals that Jesus was fully aware that He existed before His life on earth.
His pre-existence reveals that He has seen it all. He knows all there is to know.
He is the Ancient of Days, the Creator of all things. We cannot contain Him to a place and a time. He is beyond our grasp and our understanding. He had no beginning. He was before the beginning.
There has been nothing in your life that He has not seen. He has and will always know what is going on in your life even when you do not. He wants you to trust in His pre-existence. He wants you to place your HERE I AM into his I AM. I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE.
Believe today that the great I AM can do absolutely anything with absolutely nothing.
Jesus is able. He is pre-existent and 2,000 years on from His incarnation He is here right now in this your place. The I AM stands before you. The same God who said I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE. The same God who led Israel out of Egypt and sustained them in the desert is here. The same God who entered humanity is here. The same God who abolished the sacrificial system is here. The same God who incarnated into flesh and then submitted to his Father’s will and said the words HERE I AM is right here with you but the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Now let your hands raise, let your heart stir, lift up your eyes and declare your words HERE I AM!
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