Test of Availability

"And I said,'Here am I. Send me!'" (Isaiah6:8b)

Availability. A big issue among us humans. Especially in these times where everybody is so busy with his/her own schedule and tasks. You see it in lots of society’s little dramas:

The teenage girl who’s trying to decide whether to say yes to the offer of one prom date or hold out for an offer from someone higher on the popularity food chain.

The young man struggling with “commitment issues” who can’t make up his mind whether to marry the one girl or stay available for the many.

In sports, the high school coach who is “totally committed” to his team…until the right offer comes from the right college.

We all deal with issues of availability all the time. Many a time it's about who being available to whom and for what.
Christianity is a call to stewardship and that call places demands on us. But what does it take to be a profitable steward in the Kingdom of God? The answer: Your availability. God does not rely on your ability as much He demands your availability. Throughout the Bible we see that God does not seek for the able but for the available. He called Moses, David, Gideon, all the youngest in their family, to be His great leaders. He called Paul, a former christian persecuter, to be His greatest author. He used fishermen to start the revolution. He used an adulteress woman to bring salvation to her hometown. He used a pebble to bring down a giant. Each time, God did not call for ability. Rather, He called for availability. David availed, and he become the greatest king ever recorded. Noah availed, and he was credited as the father of faith.
Friends the message here is this. You might think you are the weakest around. You might think you've sinned too much. For whatever reason, you think you are the least likely to be used by God. You can't be more wrong. Today know that no matter your situation, no matter your position, no matter what you have, God can use you. And He will use you. But on one condition: You make yourself available to God.
When God was looking for a man to send to the children of Israel, Isaiah made himself available. And because he made himself available, today he is known as one of the greatest prophets ever used by God.
When I made a commitment with God to be available for Him whenever, wherever, I allowed Him to disrupt my schedule whenever He wanted to. I told the Lord that if ever He needed me, just stop me. And many times He has. My serving attendance is 100%, and I've always intentionally made an affort to be available not just to service or cell, but to my SBs and friends whenever they needed. And many times I've seen how God has used me to impact and influence. Now get me right here, I'm not here to boast or anything, what I want to say is this. Friend if you have not been making yourslf available to God, it's time to do so. True disciples make themselves available to serve the King of kings.
Your availabitlity is your first step to your fulfillment. Maybe some of you lead really busy lives and you are saying you have not enough time even for work, much less God. Only one thing to you my friend: Prioritise. Think about this seriously: What for you strive on for the things of this world and hold back on the gospel? What for you commit your whole life unto God and then compromise on your salvation? Your results are not going to get you a ticket to heaven. Your money is not going to be of any worth when God comes.
All the great men that you read about in the Bible didn't come about at the snap of a finger. No, availability was the essence of their cause! Many of them weren't able, but all of them were available. And so God used them to impact their generation. Simple because they were available.
Friends today if you know this post is for you, then you start making a commitment with God. God wants to use you, but you have to make yourself available to God.

"the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him" (2 Chronicles 16:9). When God's eye falls upon you, and me, will He find us available?

Instead of boasting of your ability, register your availability and allow God to use you greatly, raise you and establish your destiny!


Let Your kingdom come on earth. Let Your will be done
Let every kingdom of this earth bow.

Let the sinners sing for joy, we are saved by grace
Let every saint break through these doors and shout

You’re calling out, “Who will go?”

I will go. I will live the life. I’ll give it all for Jesus Christ.
I’ll tell the world that You are God.
I will go. Hear my battle cry. Give me wings so I can fly
And tell the world that You are God.

Here am I, here am I, I will give all that is mine.
Here am I, here am I, Jesus come and spend my life.

I will go. I will live the life.
I’ll give it all for Jesus Christ. I’ll tell the world that You are God.
I will go. Hear my battle cry.
Give me wings so I can fly and tell the world that You are God