May 24

"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." John 8:58

Dear reader, what a wondrous declaration is this! What a glorious and precious truth does it involve! Are you a believer in Jesus? Is He all your salvation, your acceptance, your hope, and desire? Then cast the anchor of your faith deeply, firmly here; you shall find it an eternal rock. Weak faith you may have, and doubtful faith numbers have; but here is the ground of faith, respecting which there can be neither weakness nor doubt. Is it an Almighty Savior that you need? Behold Him! "Before Abraham was, I am." Oh, what a foundation for a poor sinful worm of the dust to build upon! What a stable truth for faith in its weakest form to deal with to have a glorious incarnate ’’I Am’’ for an atoning sacrifice an ’’I Am’’ for a Redeemer an ’’I Am’’ for a Surety an ’’I Am’’ as a Day’s man between God and the soul an ’’I Am’’ as an Advocate, an unceasing Intercessor at the court of heaven, pleading each moment His own atoning merits an ’’I Am’’ as the center in whom all the promises are "yes and amen" an ’’I Am’’ as a "Brother born for adversity" an ’’I Am’’ as "a very present help in trouble"! This is the answer which faith receives to its trembling and anxious interrogatories. To each and all touching His faithfulness, His tenderness, His long suffering, His fulness, and His all sufficiency, Jesus answers, "I Am." "Enough, Lord," replies the believer, "on this I can live, on this I can die."