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For some time I have been wondering whether the existence of the Kingdom of God might mean more immediate proximity to our everyday life than we might have ever thought or believed possible. It was only yesterday as I had another surprising experience with our Lord Jesus Christ. In a certain sense I was reminded of another occurrence about four months ago when Christ pulled me out of a very depressive state by the simple question, “Do you believe that I am the life?” (1) After that question back then I felt that the spiritual power of His words triggered several dead or sick ‘spots’ inside me so that a healing process, both spiritual and mental, could set in. Although my physical diseases have not disappeared by now, I sense God must have his reasons why He has not fully healed me yet.
Yesterday I had enjoyed God’s rest and loving comfort for a certain time already when Jesus suddenly said to me, “I am your life.” My first reaction was gleeful anticipation as I looked at Him in my spirit and saw His joy, too. Nonetheless, I did not really understand what He meant by this statement. Although I knew it was God who had spoken since I perceived a joyful reaction both in my soul and in my spirit, I started to wonder about the implications of these few words for me. When God speaks, our inward being starts to vibrate or oscillate on the same wavelength with God’s Spirit. You could neither do anything against it nor would you ever want to since it is a miraculous experience that seems to pull you out of your former (natural) being into His very Deity. It is like undergoing a spiritual transformation by being transferred from one realm to another without you doing anything about it.
I know that God rarely answers my question with logical explanations that would make immediate sense to my human mind. So asking Jesus what that, “I am your life” might mean for me remained somehow unanswered initially. Instead, several thoughts were spinning around in my head and I felt more and more joy, even liberty without any idea about the why and where that came from. One of the first Scriptures that came to mind were apostle Paul’s words where he said,
“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Gal 2:20 ESV)
If you fall in love with someone, you might find yourself in raptures about them and might be inclined to blurt out, “You are my life!” However, Jesus said the exact opposite to me. Of course, He is God and I am only a human being so it would have been ridiculous if He had said that. But I am still amazed, bewildered and also intrigued by what He had told me. It was not a question, it was no request, it was not a command, so what was it? 🙄 Well, if God speaks, it is truly different from our human way of communicating with one another. There are no exclamation marks needed to lay emphasis on His words because God said,
“[…] my word […] that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. “(Is 55:11 ESV)
That is spiritual power, isn’t it? We know that Christ is the Word of God (cf. Rev 19:13). So everything that comes out of Jesus’ mouth will accomplish that which God pleases and it will surely prosper as to the purpose for which it was spoken, too. From a human point of view it might sound rather possessive if we say to one another, even if we love each other, “I am your life.” The implication would be that the other person could never find real life apart from us, right? We would be the one person to go to in order to deliver everything they might ever need. What on a personal level between two adult human beings would turn out a disaster, will give us freedom, liberty and rest if we let Him in who keeps knocking on the door of our heart (see Rev 3:20).
Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ wants to take over our whole life, He wants us to step aside and to surrender all control to Him. He wants to rule our lives so that we can rest! We do not need cleverly designed plans for our future any longer unless we already know what will happen in the days ahead (do we?). Jesus Christ is the go-to ‘MAN’ who can help us out of every tricky situation. He wants us to leave the driver’s seat and to take a back seat, watching Him rule the world by revealing His authority through governing our own lives!
“And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Mt 28:17-18 ESV)
Do we believe this is true? 🙄 ALL AUTHORITY in this universe belongs to Him, not only in some not so important areas of our lives. I am myself, still, in the midst of trying to apprehend the implications of that which I was musing about on here. Nevertheless, I would have never thought that I would ever be able to write an article based on only four words,
“I AM your life.” 😊
(1) If you want to read the article I was referring to, you might check out https://enteringthepromisedland.wordpress.com/2021/06/04/susanne-schuberths-spiritual-diary-part-6-on-how-to-resist-the-devil-in-difficult-cases/
All images by Susanne Schuberth 2021
Entering the Promised Land 
“I am your life.” Susanne, what an amazing statement to hear from the Lord, take into one’s heart and live by! You wrote,
“When God speaks, our inward being starts to vibrate or oscillate on the same wavelength with God’s Spirit. You could neither do anything against it nor would you ever want to since it is a miraculous experience that seems to pull you out of your former (natural) being into His very Deity. It is like undergoing a spiritual transformation by being transferred from one realm to another without you doing anything about it.”
This is so true. He does visit us from time to time this way. I remember a line from an old hymn that said, “Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.”
Jesus said,
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” (John 14:3, ESV2011)
We can so easily read this without the light of the Spirit to say that we can be where Jesus is after we die. This is not what He said! He said, “That where I AM you may be also.” not “where I am going…” What is the place that Jesus has prepared for us? Later in this discourse with the disciples He tells us.
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:22-24, ESV2011)
This glory was not only upon Jesus, but it was given to be lived in by those who believe as they become perfectly one with the Father and the Son in the here and now! I recall that as Stephen was surrounded by his murderers it says that “his face shown like that of an angel.” How else would the world around us know that the Father has sent the Son and loves us as He love Jesus? If we walk in the unity of the Father and the Son, we are in the world, but can not be of the world. The glory that comes upon us in their presence here on earth IS the witness! Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” (John 20:21, ESV2011). He said this just before the Holy Spirit was given them to be His witnesses.
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. (John 14:18-20, ESV2011)
THIS is the real Church in action. Living IN the Life of Jesus Christ upon this earth.
“Because I live, you also will live…I am your life.”
“In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”
Wow! What a revelation He has given you, dear sister.
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Dear Michael,
Thank you so much for your encouraging words and for these confirming Scriptures! 🙂
In fact, I am still mulling over what these four little words really mean in depth and I sense more and more implications every day. Today I have seen that it is about the liberty to let go of everything and to surrender every little worry, sorrow, or plan immediately to Him who cares. After such a surrender which, of course, has been enabled by Christ before also, I sense His overwhelming peace and a deeper freedom I had not known before.
You are a blessing, my brother!
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Susanne, You wrote,
“When God speaks, our inward being starts to vibrate or oscillate on the same wavelength with God’s Spirit. You could neither do anything against it nor would you ever want to since it is a miraculous experience that seems to pull you out of your former (natural) being into His very Deity.”
One time in my high school physics class the teacher struck a tuning fork and made it vibrate at the frequency it was designed for, middle C. He then took another fork of the same note and held it up next to the one that was humming without touching it. The second one started vibrating and making the same sound without being struck. It took on the life of the first one. This is why God sent His Son to live in us that He might have many sons and daughters that are in tune with the Father as Jesus is and share in His life and His glory.
You wrote,
“Today I have seen that it is about the liberty to let go of everything and to surrender every little worry, sorrow, or plan immediately to Him who cares. After such a surrender … I sense His overwhelming peace and a deeper freedom I had not known before.”
Yes, this is all the outworking of you walking in His promise, “I AM your life.” God has so much more for us to live in. “And of the increase of His government there shall be no end.” Please pray for me that I also can fully come into this wonderful revelation He has given you.
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Of course, Michael, I will be praying for you because I believe it is God’s plan for all of us to enjoy His life filling ours.
That was an inspiring story you shared about the effect of one tuning fork on the other one of the same frequency. I thought it was very enlightening to compare this effect on our lives taking on His life (i.e., putting on Christ) more and more, too.
I am not sure I can find it right now, but your story reminded me of a quote from A.W. Tozer I already posted on my blog…. long ago….. wait….. browsing… 😉 … Feeeew, could not find it on here. I guess I posted it on another blog many years ago. However, I found the quote on goodreads. Here it is; it goes one step further as it is about our joint fellowship with God.
“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/369949-has-it-ever-occurred-to-you-that-one-hundred-pianos
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In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. Through him all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was LIFE and the life was the light of men. —John 1:1-4
It is easy to forget this truth, or to put it as something for our future. Thank you for reminding me that it is true NOW.
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Thank YOU for this great reminder, dear Louise! This Scripture is truly important to remember.
I hope and pray you are doing better now, my sister. It was wonderful to see a comment from you on here again! ❤
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Hi Susanne,
Letting go and allowing God to rule our whole being I think is entering God’s rest,( Hebrews Chapter 4.) I agree that we do not need clever plans because the Father’s works were finished from the foundation of the world. Isaiah Chapter 55 verses 10-13 always remind me of the sovereignty of God and how He is in control of everything. No need to worry because His promises will surely come to pass.
In Christ,
Wanda
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Dear Wanda, thank you for sharing your appropriate and timely thoughts. Much appreciated! 🙂
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Surrender to God is such a difficult thing. Yet it has the greatest of rewards.
With love,
A. ❤
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You are right, Anna, it is very difficult, even impossible to surrender our whole life to Him all at once. For newbies who just gave their lives to Jesus (in words only), they do not know about the difficulties that might lie ahead of them, yet they will have to learn to go deeper if they mean business with God. It seems to me that our Lord browses all areas of life by testing our faith through trials so that we finally see we need HIM, and only HIM, to help us out of every (desperate) situation.
I can only surrender to God if He Himself has enabled me to let go of any expected and desired result (which is humanly impossible, isn’t it). I have seen lately that trusting God is not so much – as I often thought – to trust Him to be able to do this or that for me, but to trust Him anyway, not knowing the outcome. To be perfectly honest, my main problem has been to really trust in God’s goodness.
With love,
Susanne ❤
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Most of us could say the same, Susanne. We would prefer to avoid all hardships in this life. But ours is a flawed and broken world. These lives are riddled w/ trials. We cannot always know God’s full purpose in allowing them. But we can know and rely on His character. And we can comfort one another.
Much love,
A. ❤
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So true, Anna. Where would we be if we were not able to comfort each other? It seems to me, the more and the deeper we have suffered, the more we are able to meet one another on a deeper heart level, too. Since, what knows the one who has never suffered? 🤔 These people often hurt us and others as they cannot relate. They fear to face their own pain and thus they meet others only on a superficial level by “talking all pain away”. I was just reminded of the following Bible verses.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.” (2 Cor 1:3-7 ESV)
Much love to you! ❤️❤️❤️
Your friend,
Susanne
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