I Am

Jesus said, “I am the Vine.” We are branches. If branches trust the Vine and remain attached to the Vine, the branches will produce much fruit—Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness. Gentleness, Self-control. Today if we do not recognize these fruits growing out of our hearts we have a serious problem with our branch.

Jesus said. “I am Bread, the bread of life.” We must eat this bread, not just bread from a loaf, but the Bread that has come down from heaven. If we eat this heavenly bread and believe, we have life, eternal life in heaven. 

Jesus said, “I am the Way.” All of us are on our way to somewhere. As  we began our journey we didn’t know where we were going or how to get there. The Way has told us where we should not go, and how we can get to where we should go. He says to us, “I will take you to the place where your Father is waiting. Just believe that I am the only way to get you there. Follow me.”

Jesus said, “I am the Truth.” Someone lies to us. Every day he tries to  fill our minds with his lies. He is a liar, but Jesus is the Truth. We will know what the truth is if we read and study the word. Jesus is the Word. When the liar tempts us with his lies, we must tell him what the Truth says. The liar hates when we do that.

Jesus said, “I am Life.”  He is the only one who can give us the ability to produce good spiritual fruit. He is the only one who can give us spiritual bread that sustains us while we are on this earth. He is the only one who can take us where we want to go. He is the only one who can open the mysteries of the Word which is the only real truth. He is the only one who can give us life, his life, the life which makes us one with him and the life that makes us children of the Heavenly Father. 

Jesu is the Great I Am. He is everything we need him to be.