“I AM HE!”

Isaiah 43:18-25                            (ESV)

“19 Behold, I AM DOING A NEW THING; now it springs forth, do YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 

20 The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to MY chosen people, 

21 the people whom I formed for MYSELF that they might declare MY praise. 

22 "YET YOU DID NOT CALL UPON ME, O Jacob; but you have been weary of ME, O Israel! 

23 You have not brought ME your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored ME with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense. 

24 You have not bought ME sweet cane with money, or satisfied ME with the fat of YOUR sacrifices. But you have burdened ME with your sins; you have wearied ME with your iniquities. 

25 "I, “I AM HE” WHO blots out your transgressions for MY own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”

In the New Testament in Hebrews 11:6 Scripture says “And WITHOUT FAITH it is impossible to please HIM, for whoever would draw near to GOD must believe that HE exists and that HE rewards those who seek HIM.”  Way back in Isaiah 43, ALMIGHTY GOD was instructing we who follow HIM to call upon the name of the LORD for our sustenance.   However, it seems to be our “nature” to try and accomplish everything on our own and NOT depend on HIM?  Why do we try and improve on what our CREATOR has planned for us when HIS Plan is the only way for us to experience PEACE?

If we believe that “HE (the CREATOR of the Universe) exists and rewards those who seek HIM”, then why do we even desire to exceed HIS Plan?  Israel of old didn’t learn that lesson, and apparently I haven’t for the biggest portion of my life.  GOD promises HE will “make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”, but I want to build things with my own hands and say what great and mighty things I have done for the Kingdom!  “YET YOU DID NOT CALL UPON ME, O Jacob” should not be what GOD says about me, but do I trust in HIM TOTALLY???

My entire life should be a testimony of “I AM HE” WHO has brought you through the trials, but I seem to get my bearings out of sorts at times!  FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause me to develop a dependency on YOU for everything I want AND NEED during my service to YOU!  Trusting in “I AM HE” should become “natural” to me, even though YOU ARE SPIRIT!  Help me become a vessel that SEES the Spirit as my nature and BELIEVING in “I AM HE”!!!