I AM

June 29
I AM

"I AM." These two little words are perhaps the most remarkable in the language, for they convey so much more than one first apprehends in them.

The words, "I am praying for you," conveys a very pleasant thought—someone cares enough to lift whatever need we might have to the throne of mercy and grace. It is most encouraging to know because we who believe in the unfathomable power of Jesus are sure that prayers to Him change things.

But, if we read it slightly differently, rather than the personal pronoun 'I' followed by the verb 'am praying,' we read, 'I AM' (noun) praying for you--it becomes God Himself reminding Himself of the needs we have placed before Him. If I AM is praying for us, certainly we may be not only encouraged, but we may have every expectation that our prayers are heard and answered!

I AM. Two of the smallest words that can be spoken in English as a complete sentence. I AM, words that set the Jewish leaders of His day vehemently against Christ, for this utterance confronted them with a reality that they did not want to face—that their God stood before them; that He for whom they had looked for centuries had come.

Their long-awaited hope and expectation had come as a humble man of low degree, but they'd been awaiting a conqueror, a king! At this juncture in time they desired One who would put off the shackles of Rome and establish them as a reigning power over men! They wanted a worldly kingdom, but Jesus offered them a spiritual one.

They couldn't allow God Incarnate to change their temporal expectation to an eternal hope. What about you? What temporal expectation are you holding so tightly that you cannot allow the Great I AM to transform it into a glorious eternal hope?