The Great I AM

Standing across the room,

they looked at each other.

She
struck with absolute terror
and awe.

He
with absolute love
and fathomless tenderness.

She had fought
too many battles,
along with her family.

The loss of her father
had started it all.

Her mother’s illness
had compounded it.

Their house felt like a boat
on a rough ocean,

Tossed to and fro
by every wind.

She had watched
the people she loved
suffer.

She did not want
to be another burden.

She had seen enough.

If this was
all that life had to offer,
she did not want
any of it.

She looked at Him
through eyes filled
with terror and awe.

This was the Son of Man.

And He was standing
right in front of her,

Bathed in dazzling light

The room lit up
as though a million tube lights
had come on
at the same time.

She could hardly look at Him.

And then,
softly, He whispered,

“I got you.

I have your back.

Nothing you need to face in life
will you face alone.

I am there with you
till the very end.

Together,
we cannot lose.”

And somewhere
deep within her spirit
came the words

“If God is for us,
who can be against us?”

And with those words,
the fear that had held her
began to loosen its grip.

The timid girl
who had once been afraid
of what tomorrow might bring
began to disappear.

In her place
stood a young woman
who knew her God.

She not only knew Him
she had seen Him
face to face.

That changed everything.

For now she knew
for a fact

The Son of God was real.

He was not dead.
He was alive.

And if He was with her,

No weapon formed against her
would prosper.

For you see,
He had personally come
to save her

When she had reached
the limits of her existence.

She knew
He would never leave her
nor forsake her.

But more than that

He would love her
from everlasting
to everlasting.

As the Psalmist says:

“But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children.”

 Psalm 103:17 NIV

And again,
the Lord says:

“I have loved you
with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you
with unfailing kindness.”

 Jeremiah 31:3 NIV

And suddenly,
she understood

She had not been forgotten.

She had not been abandoned.

She had not been fighting alone.

The Great I AM
had come looking for her.