When God Says, “I Want You” and You Say, “Who, Me?”

When God Says, “I Want You” and You Say, “Who, Me?” — Robert J. Tamasy

One line from today’s Monday Manna deserves to stay with us: “God does not call the equipped. He equips the called.”

How many opportunities have we almost turned down because our first reaction was, “Who, me?” We may feel we lack experience, connections, confidence, or the qualifications someone else possesses. Sometimes those are practical concerns worth examining. Sometimes, underneath them, is fear.

Today’s Monday Manna invites us to consider Isaiah and Moses. When God asked whom He should send, Isaiah answered, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8). Moses questioned his ability to go to Pharaoh and eventually asked God to send someone else (Exodus 3:11; 4:13).

I think many of us can relate more easily to Moses. When an assignment becomes bigger than our experience, resources, credentials, or confidence, we naturally begin looking at what we lack. But perhaps that is exactly where faith begins.

God’s calling is not always an invitation to do something we already know how to do. Sometimes it is an invitation to trust Him with something we cannot accomplish by ourselves.

This speaks strongly to marketplace leadership. There will be seasons when we are asked to lead something bigger than we have led before, accept an unfamiliar responsibility, or mentor someone while we still feel we are learning ourselves.

We may need to speak when silence feels easier, build something without knowing every step, or serve outside our comfort zone. Everything inside us may be asking, “Why me?” Perhaps we can also ask, “Why not me, if God is the One sending me?”

Robert Tamasy’s experience in Brazil illustrates this. He entered an unfamiliar country, culture, language, and assignment because he was willing to go, even without every qualification he thought he needed. God worked through that willingness.

Ephesians 3:20 reminds us that God can accomplish more than we ask or imagine through His power at work within us. His power. Working within us. That changes how I look at difficult assignments.

The question is no longer only, “Am I capable of doing this?” I also need to ask, “If God is calling me to this, am I willing to trust Him enough to take the first step?”

Faith does not mean ignoring preparation, competence, counsel, or responsibility. Neither should our present limitations automatically become the boundaries of what God can accomplish through us.

Sometimes He develops our capacity through the assignment itself. Responsibility stretches us. Uncertainty deepens our dependence. Challenges develop our character. What initially made us say “Who, me?” becomes part of the story of how God grew us.

My takeaway this week is simple: DON’T LET “I’M NOT READY” BECOME AN AUTOMATIC “NO.”

Pray. Discern. Seek wise counsel. Prepare faithfully. And when you become convinced that God is truly asking you to move, obey.

You may feel like Moses. You may wish you had Isaiah’s immediate courage. What matters is a willingness to say, “Lord, if You are sending me, I will go.”

Questions worth asking

• What responsibility have I been avoiding because I feel unprepared?
• What preparation or wise counsel would help me discern my next step?
• Where might God be inviting me to trust Him beyond my comfort zone?

Our greatest qualification may not always be our experience, credentials, resources, or confidence. Sometimes it is simply a willing heart surrendered to a capable God.

So when God says, “I want you,” may our response increasingly become, “Here I am. Send me.”

— Sir Next