And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am! Send me."
This is a vision of someone caught completely off guard by holiness — Isaiah in the temple, overwhelmed, sure he doesn't belong in the room. Then a voice asks a question that isn't aimed at him specifically: "Whom shall I send?" And he answers before he's really ready: "Here I am. Send me."
What's easy to miss is the order of events. He isn't recruited because he's qualified. He's still reeling from the vision when he volunteers. Nobody checked his credentials first. The call goes out into the room, and he's just the one who says yes to it.
Maybe you've never had a vision like that, and maybe you never will. But the shape of the moment is worth noticing: a question thrown out into the open, not requiring perfect understanding, just requiring someone willing to say, count me.
You don't need the whole picture to answer a call you only half understand — what would it look like to say "here I am" anyway?
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.