Have you ever noticed the contrast? On one hand you have Lucifer making these declarations:
12 12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
Isaiah 14:12-15
And on the other hand, Jesus makes these statements:
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:35
“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12
“Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep." John 10:7
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." John 10:11
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." John 11:25
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5
The contrast here is quite sharp. Whereas Lucifer was discontent within himself and was left making declarations of aspiration; Jesus was fully confident and comfortable in Who He was and made definitive statements.
So which are you? Which am I? Do we walk in uncertainty, making declarations of aspiration because we do not have the first clue who we truly are in Christ? Or, do we walk in confidence and comfort in who we are in Christ?
There is something supernatural that takes place in a person when they come to terms with themselves as they have been created and designed by God. Rather than making aspiring statements of grandeur and selfishness, they simply walk in the authority and position as given to them by Christ.
Today's question, then, is are you an I WILL or an I AM?
