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It isn\u2019t often that a phrase reserved for a faithful servant emerges from the mouth of the master. Yet here, in Isaiah 52, we see precisely this great wonder.<\/span><\/p>\n

When God called upon Abraham, that faithful patriarch answered the call, \u201cHineni<\/em>\/Here I am!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob responds not once, but twice when called, \u201cHineni<\/em>\/Here I am!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Moses, at the burning bush, responds wholeheartedly, \u201cHineni<\/em>\/Here I am!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And the prophets Samuel and Isaiah each launch their service as prophets with that powerful word.<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the Bible, Hineni<\/em> signifies that a person is willing to give themselves completely to God\u2019s mission, whatever that might be.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it is particularly striking that God\u2019s redemption, as seen by Isaiah, opens with God responding to us with that same open devotion. On the occasion of the ultimate redemption, all of God\u2019s children will witness something transforming, the turning of God to God\u2019s people openly, without hiding. \u201cTherefore, My people shall know My name. Therefore, on that day, they will know that it is I Who speaks: Hineni<\/em>\/Here I am!\u201d (verse 6).<\/span><\/p>\n

So many wonders to notice here: that the redemption is mutual; just as we turn to God even during our times of wandering and tribulation, so God will turn to us at the end of time, a fullness of embrace that eclipses anything we might aspire to in these difficult days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our redemption is about emerging from hiding, openly facing each other with full hearts and commitment to the mission that embraces us and God together: redeeming a broken world, binding the wounds, caring for widow and orphan, redeeming the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we can be unembarrassed by the commitments of our faith, when God reveals intimacy and fidelity in public, when we know God\u2019s real nature not as mere fact to comprehend but as an existential compass that gives us direction and inspiration, then we are ready to answer with our all: Hineni<\/em>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And so is God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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