Good morning and praise the Lord! When I ask the Lord what I should write about this morning, His answer is simply, "Me". How appropriate though. In this complex world with all of its rushing about, we need a singular point of focus. Is it any wonder that Jesus is called the Rock of our faith? Our minds are so overloaded in these dark times that we must focus upon our Savior and our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. He is the one who gives us His peace and grace. In Exodus, Moses asked God who he should say was speaking and God responded with that very famous answer, "I am that I am" This becomes more clear to us when we realize that one of the Hebrew names for God is literally "I am". The answer is like many in the Bible, so simple, yet so very complex and beyond our understanding. None of us can define God by human terms. He is our Creator; how does the clay pot define the potter? He is our Savior; how do the ransomed define the one who paid the price they could not bear? The world would have us admit that we are contradictory in our faith. However, we know that the only contradiction is between God and the world. We do not define our Creator, He defines us. We do not save ourselves, Jesus paid the price and saved us. We discover God through the Holy Spirit, but we cannot define or limit Him through our limited human minds. God is at once beyond our human understanding, and yet also our father in heaven, our friend, and our confidant. No one knows our innermost thoughts better than God, and He still loves us!
There is no way that I can write enough in one short morning devotional or in one short lifetime to do justice to the great "I am". What a privilege to be able to do what I can each morning though!
God bless you on this fine Monday morning!
Bucky
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