Here I am

 Luke 1:38

Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” 

Here I am:

I may have taken a circuitous route

ducked and dived

dallied in the odd cul-de-sac

meandered in the occasional blind alley

ignored the sat nav to pursue my own path

off the beaten track

Yet

Here I am

the servant of the Lord

Called and chosen

Shown favour

with no presumptions

no compulsion

Called and chosen

to serve

and given grace

to fulfil that calling

to be

the servant of the Lord

Let it be with me

Not so much resignation

as determination

resolve

stepping up

and stepping into

all that God reveals

along the way 

Let it be with me

According to your word

Living into

the promise

and the favour

of God

who calls

and equips

compels 

and enables

who strides ahead

and walks beside

and persistently affirms

I am for you.

Here I am

the servant of the Lord

Let it be with me

according to your word.