Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad. So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
In this passage, Jesus proclaims “I AM” in response to the Jews who bring up Abraham and the prophets of the past. In this passage, it can be seen that Jesus is trying to make us see God in the present moment instead of dwelling in the past like the Jews who seek something similar to Abraham or the past prophets. The passage reminds us live in the moment and focus on what we can do right now as we continue to work. We are reminded not to dwell on our past accomplishments or how much better we were doing back then if what we are doing right now might not be as successful. What Jesus is telling us is to seek God in the present moment and perhaps that will lead us to do better and to seek success no matter the work we are doing.