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(taken from I already AM: Testimonies of Belief in the Great I AM, chapter 1)
The illustration is made of five blind Chinese men who were asked to describe an elephant.
The first man stepped up to the elephant, felt with his hands, smelled with his nose and said, “It is long and narrow, very flexible, like a snake, but with a little brush on the end. It is also very stinky.”
“Long and narrow?” responded the second man. “It is more like a thick hose that, ay! Sprays out the end!”
“It is no hose at all,” said the third man, the shortest of the five. “It is most like a tree, rough and solid. Much thicker than a hose.”
“If my friend declared it a tree,” interjected the fourth man. “I most definitely have the biggest leaf I have ever encountered. It is thin and waves in the wind.”
“No. You all have it wrong. It is broad and wide, like a wall,” concluded the fifth man.
Which man was correct? And which man was wrong?
How does God see the elephant?
How are we like the blind men?
Only God has the clear perspective of the big picture. Only God is able to address the whole elephant. What we are dealing with... our questions in life... They are barely a wrinkle on the elephant’s knee.
Reflection: Am I trusting the I AM with the whole elephant?
We will be looking through the lens of the I AM because it matters not what the world says, but rather what the Word says.
And when I keep my eyes fixed on the I AM, when I strive to see things from His perspective, I avoid the trap of the futile searches for answers, identity, purpose, provision, or whatever else I am seeking. Because everything else falls short of the I AM.

The Great I AM is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The gifts He gives are also everlasting, faithful, and true. Today, around the world, many celebrate the gift of His Son, born as a baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger (Luke 2)—a gift that keeps on giving.

The humble circumstances of His birth illustrate the extravagance of the gift.
The King of Kings wore no crown other than the crown of thorns (Mark 15:17).
The Lord of Lords became a servant and submitted to His Father’s will (John 13; Matt. 26:39).
The Lord of Heavenly Hosts was announced with a chorus of angels, yet He asked them to remain silent when He chose to become the perfect sacrifice (Luke 2:13-14; Matt. 26:53).
Emmanuel, God with us, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but rather He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross (Matt. 1:22-23; Phil. 2:5-11).

The humility and vulnerability of God’s love is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His love never fails and never gives up. It never runs out on me (Jesus Culture, One Thing Remains).

The Love that sent Jesus to earth, the Love that sacrificed His one and only Son, the Love that forgives the unforgiveable, the Love whose mercies are new every morning... is a Love that gives generously, unconditionally, undeniably, and extraordinarily.

Take a moment today and thank God for His eternal gifts, the most precious of which was, is, and always will be: His Son.

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