The relationship between the Lord Jesus and his people is the essence of absolute need. We need his love. We need his power. We need his life. We need his light. We need his discipline. We need his counsel. We need his compassion. We need his wisdom. We need him.
The relationship between the Lord Jesus and his people is the essence of absolute desire. We desire his love. We desire his power. We desire his life. We desire his light. We desire his discipline. We desire his counsel. We desire his compassion. We desire his wisdom. We desire him.
Our soul pants for Jesus. Our soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. (John 6:35, 48, 51) I am the light of the world. (John 8:12, 9:5) I am the gate for the sheep. (John 10:7) I am the good shepherd. (John 10:11, 14) I am God’s Son. (John 10:36) I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies. (John 11:25) I am in the Father and the Father is in me. (John 14:10, 11) I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. (John 14:20) I am the true vine; you are the branches. (John 15:1, 5) You are right in saying I am a king. (John 18:37) I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Acts 7:32, 52)”
When asked, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One? he answered, “I am.” Jesus is the I Am that I crave.
