Discovering Who Jesus Is: Seven Days on the Seven I Am StatementsSample

Good Luck and God Speed

One of Jesus’ names is the Becoming One. He becomes exactly what we long for. Jesus doesn’t have what you need; he is what you need.

During Buzz and Neil’s final touchdown on the moon, they talked back and forth to CapCom Charlie Duke. No one gets to talk to the astronauts except the CapCom. It is that person’s job to translate all the craziness of the room to the astronauts in the air–calmly.

The person selected to be the CapCom is always a fellow astronaut because they know what those in space are facing. They’ve been through it themselves. For Apollo 11, it was Charlie. He was one of them, so they trusted he knew what they were feeling and that he’d be on their side.

This is why the incarnation (That’s a $500 bible word for God becoming Jesus, coming as a man with skin and bones) is so important. Jesus became a fellow astronaut. He is your friend, and the tears that Jesus wept in John 11:35 are proof. He knew what he was going to do but cried anyway. We do not have a High Priest who cannot relate. He was tempted in every way and was without sin (Heb. 4:15).

Jesus can be that one voice in your headset. It is his job to listen to everything that is going on. We don’t have to worry about politics, money, careers, or what is going on in the world now or in the future. It is our job to stay close to him. To listen to his voice and draw near to him.

Jesus put skin on, breathed our air, died our death, and rose to life. He has proven once and for all he is for us and victorious against anything that would stand against us.

Jesus Christ is Lord!

No matter what you are facing or what is weighing you down today or breaking your heart, Jesus cares. Yes, he will work it all for good and weave gold out of garbage, for sure. But he doesn’t just see what he is going to do; he knows the toll it will take on you.

And he loves you deeply. Perfectly. Permanently.

You matter to him. And you matter to me.

Even though things in your life are scary or uncertain or up in the air right now, I pray that you know you can rest. You can rest because you are not alone. You can rest because of who Jesus is and what he has done. You can rest because nothing you do can make him love you more or less and because no matter how hard life gets, nothing that happens to you can destroy you. You are free because he is the resurrection and the life. Not someday. Today. Right now.

Life in Jesus’ kingdom is life and more life. There is peace in that promise.

You and I can now live for real.

No more pretending.

No more posturing.

Real life. Life to the full. Milk and honey.

Response

Take a few moments in quiet. Getaway somewhere if you can and listen to the voice in your headset–Jesus. The one who is not far and has experienced everything you are walking through today.

Prayer

Lord, thank you that you are near and present. Thank you that you don’t just have what I need; you are what I need.