Who Do You Think You Are?

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

REFLECTION

Sometimes it’s difficult to admit, but I don’t have all the answers. If you read my blog last week, you might recall that I shared my ongoing, overarching question for God: “Why?”

Why is life so hard? Why is there so much suffering? Why is this world such a mess? No matter how hard I try, making sense of things is simply beyond me.

If you’re someone with a lot of unanswered questions too, join me over the next few weeks as I share what God has been teaching me. Together, let’s explore a better question - who Jesus is, why does it matter, and what does it means for me?

First, begin by asking yourself this essential question: Who is Jesus?

To answer that, consider Jesus’ profound statement “I Am.” This declaration echoes God’s response to Moses at the burning bush: “I Am Who I Am,” God’s very name - Yahweh.

In John 8, religious leaders confronted Jesus because they saw Him as a challenge to their traditions and demanded, “Who do you think you are?” This question is as relevant now as it was then, inviting us to reflect deeply on Jesus’ true identity.

Jesus answers, “Very truly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am.” The religious leaders recognized this as Jesus’ claim to be God. They responded by picking up stones to attack him – a just punishment for blasphemy.

Since He claimed to be the Great I Am, as C.S. Lewis famously observed, Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord.

Jesus is the eternal God—without beginning and without end. He is not the I Was, though He was with the Father at the creation and the Word made flesh who entered our world and dwelt among us. He is not the I Will Be, though He will return one day as the ruler of all things.

He is the eternal Great I AM—the One who was, and is, and is to come.

If I truly believe in this, I can more easily entrust myself to His Sovereignty.

Trusting in the Great I Am helps me realize how small and insignificant I truly am. My lifespan is so brief in comparison to His

“I Am ’ness.” My limited understanding could never fully comprehend the incomprehensible knowledge of Lord of All.

It reminds me that relying on my own ability to figure things out is SO foolish—that self‑sufficiency is a lie.

There is an unexplainable freedom in knowing there is Someone bigger than me, bigger than time, bigger than anything. And that Someone—Jesus—loved me enough to look down through time and willingly lay down His life for me.

Knowing and trusting the Great I Am as my Lord allows me to release all my “why” questions to the Sovereign One who lovingly holds everything in His hands.

Prayer

Great I Am, You are eternal—without beginning and without end—and I am so small before You. I confess how often I try to rely on my own understanding, forgetting that self‑sufficiency is a lie. Teach me to trust You instead.

Thank You for being bigger than time, bigger than my questions, bigger than anything I face. Thank You for loving me enough to step into history and willingly lay down Your life for me.

Today, I place all my “why” questions into Your hands. Help me rest in who You are, even when I don’t understand what You are doing.

You are my Lord, and I trust You with all that I am.