I AM NOT _____________!
How would you fill in the blank?
Oh how easy it is to tell yourself
"WHO I AM not",
as the list would go on and on.
But then I look up
And JESUS says
I AM!
Therefore ,
YOU ARE NOT who you believe yourself to be because
I AM HE~
THE ONE WHO WAS from the very beginning (John 4:26; 1:1).
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE~
THE ONE WHO fully satisfies all our hungers and thirsts (John 6:35; Philippians 4:19).
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD~
THE ONE WHO illuminates the darkest of dark with HIS Truth (John 9:5).
I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP~
THE ONE WHO welcomes whomever walks through,
to save, to give abundant life (John 10:7; 10).
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD~
THE ONE WHO knows our name and WHO gave up HIS life for (John 10:11; 4-15).
I AM THE SON OF GOD~
THE ONE WHO makes us HIS Child (John 10:36; 1:12-13).
I AM THE RESURRECTION & THE LIFE~
THE ONE WHO raises us from our fallen state by giving us
HIS life (John 11:25; 1 John 5:11-12).
I AM THE WAY & THE TRUTH & THE LIFE~
THE ONE WHO we follow because HE knows the way we should take,
that is paved with Truth that breathes life into our breathless body (John 14:6).
I AM THE TRUE VINE~
THE ONE WHO we abide in so that we bear HIS fruit (John 15:1; 15:4).
I AM THE APLPHA & THE OMEGA~
THE ONE WHO
WAS
WHO IS
&
WHO IS TO COME (Revelations 1:8)
"When I saw HIM, I fell at HIS feet like a dead man.
And HE placed HIS right hand on me, saying,
'Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last' (Revelations 1:17)"
Therefore~
How can we ever say that
"I AM not"?
Because if
JESUS is what "I AM not"
then I am all that HE has come to bring.
So I ask you again~
How would you now fill in
I AM NOT _____________!
Cross out "Not" because
JESUS
is all that you are not.
So today
let’s FAST from the weight of
"I AM not"
by
Holding on to the hand of
I AM
Who changes every one of your
I AM NOTS
to
I AM _____________
Because
"JESUS IS"
(listen to the song below)