Do you know who I AM?

When I think of that question, I think of rich folks who find themselves up against resistance or find themselves being denied of something they feel they have a right to because of their influence or affluence. They subscribe to the consideration that their status or wealth entitles them to whatever they are big and bad enough to request or desire. When their fame, title, influence or access to people in power goes unrecognized, you can usually hear them ask the question-“do you know who I am?”

Many people are operating out of hurt. Like functioning alcoholics, they are “functioning victims”. I want to encourage someone today to understand that God wants to free you. He asks the question: “Do you know who I AM?”

God wants to free your bowels from frustration and destroy every yoke in your life-the yoke that represents the pains of your past that holds you hostage; the yoke that mirrors the negative disposition of your present that has your mind under siege; the yoke that resembles unforgiveness, bitterness, or envy; that yoke that includes cheating, adultery, and those “little white lies”. As a matter of fact, everything that hinders you from operating in Purpose is what he seeks to free you from. The enemy, however, desires to keep you chained up so that you cannot discover your identity because once you unlock and embrace who you are, you are a tremendous threat to him and his kingdom.

I dare somebody look around and say, “Do you know who I AM?”

Listen, It’s not just about who you are, but who He is that has the ability to work in, through, and for you! He is I AM that I AM!! What do I mean?

Read Matthew 16:13-17

Often times, we risk forfeiting what God has for us and what He desires to do in our lives because the enemy beats us down with the truth of our past. We attach who we were to our present and allow that to become a smokescreen, but when you tell God who we are because of our shortcomings, He reminds us of He is:

·         Lord, I am alone and have no one I can trust--"I am the Lord, I change not." (malachi 3:6)

·         Lord, I am broken..Lord, I am sick…Lord, I am dying--"I am the resurrection, and the life" (John 11:25).

·         Lord, I am a liar who has lost his way--"I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6).

·         Lord, I am in darkness and can’t find my way to peace or joy--John 8:12: Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I AM the light of the world.”

·         Lord, I have been rejected and those I’ve loved have turned away—“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God” (Isaiah 41:10)

 

·         Lord I am a sinner, a cheater, an adulterer, I am a backslider—“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my sake, and remembers your sins no more”(Isaiah 43:25)

·         Lord, I am falling, my life is falling apart..I am a loser—“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you” (Isaiah 46:4)

 

***DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM????***