I am versus I AM

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God loves when we come to Him with vulnerability and honesty, when we share our struggles and worries with Him. There is much talk about emotions these days.  It's the flavor of the month among some Christian circles.

But...

When we take a minute to get our eyes off ourselves, stop promoting our emotions and problems as gods, we can enter in to where God wants us to live: in His glorious Presence.  After all, which is greater - anything we are experiencing, or God Almighty?

Lord, I am sad today.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am worried and anxious.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am uncertain about this situation.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am discouraged because You haven't healed the way I've asked You to.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am growing weary waiting for Your deliverance.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am doubting that this circumstance is really for my benefit.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am confused about Your ways and timing.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am feeling lost and rejected.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am fed up!

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am looking to You to perfect that which concerns me.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am trusting You in this moment.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am seeking You here and now.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am surrendering to You.

I AM THAT I AM.

Lord, I am seeing You for Who You are and all is well  here in Your Presence.

I AM THAT I AM.

My point in this "conversation" with God?  It gets our eyes off ourselves, our worries, our problems, our everything that threatens to drag us down and out of resting in God, and places our focus where it belongs.

So what is your "I am" today?  Give them all to the great I AM!  Have a similar conversation with God and I pray that you end up seeing Him as He is, bigger than you, bigger than whatever you are going through, bigger than everything and everyone.  He wants to reveal Himself to you.  He does not want you in a tizzy, fretting and worrying, anxious or fearful.

What a God!  Come to Him and lay it all before Him.  Let Him show up in Your heart and life as I AM. 

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