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355. I Am Your Everything

Deuteronomy 2:7, John 14:6
Key Verse:  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6

“The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands.  He has watched over your journey through this vast desert.  These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.” (Deuteronomy 2:7) In the Exodus, God provided a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day to guide them. He gave them laws to live by and food to eat.  He provided wisdom, encouragement, guidance and strength.  Now, through His Holy Spirit, He guides those who are His sheep into His will by showing them the way, in truth, to eternal life.

All that God was for His chosen then, He is still for us today.  We have trouble discerning His presence at times, but He is just as real for us now as He was for Israel then.

In this statement, “I am the way, and the truth and the life,” Jesus is summing up all that He is in one statement.  When he says, “I am the way,” He is reminding His disciples that He is the only gate or door to the Father.  He is shepherd and guide and leader, and key, if we will trust in and follow Him.  “I am the truth,” reminds His disciples of His statement of being the light that reveals the truth to those who are seeking.  It also serves to remind them that He gave them rules to live by and thrive by if they would trust Him and follow them.  When He says, “I am The life,” He is reminding them that He is living water, living bread, not to mention the power over life itself as they, and we, saw with Lazarus.

In a way, Jesus is saying nothing new here.  He is reminding His disciples, however, of what He has said before.  Therefore, because this statement is a combination of other statements, it is as though He were coloring in orange on His portrait of, “I Am.”  Orange is not a primary color of its own. It is a combination of red and yellow.  It is a combination of who He is and what He does.  It is found in the Son rise and Son set of our lives. It adds dimensions and beauty that we cannot ignore.  It signifies who He is and what He does for us when we trust in Him.


Hymn:  “All Praise To Him Who Reigns Above”

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