“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” –Exodus 3:14
I AM THAT I AM……when Moses inquired of…”wait stop” “who’s Moses?” Oh yes, sorry, Moses-arguably the most prominent figure in the Old Testament, the Israelite man chosen by God to lead his people out of their enslaved state in Egypt (see the book of Exodus). Ok, when Moses inquired of God what he should say to the children of Israel when asked “who sent you?”; God replied to him the I AM sent you. What God has blessed me with this week, and in weeks prior is the thought…why did he say “I AM”?
I must confess that this is one mental rabbit trail that yielded a fluffy white bunny. I say this because, at least for me, they so often do not. I AM- two monosyllabic words that convey an absolute presence. Only God can make a statement that he truly has absolute presence, because only God can exist in the three “tenses” simultaneously and indefinitely. Only God can exist in the past, present, and future. He was here before the world began, he is here right this very instant, and will be here long after we are gone. He is the I AM. The statement that God told Moses to make was a statement of fact, and of unquestionable authority. The word AM, implies that he already was; it also conveys that he currently is. Finally, it gives lenience to the fact that he will continue to be. “God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM.” He is all that you see, he is everything that will be. He is “above all, through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 4:6) You are a grain of sand, I AM the cosmos. You are a rain drop, I AM the atmosphere. You are a snow flake, I AM the Himalayas. “Look down Moses, you see that ant toiling at your feet.” “That is Pharaoh to me. That is your cares and concerns in my eyes.” The children of Israel will follow you, because I AM THAT I AM. You tell them that the I AM sent you; you tell them that is who is in your corner.
God charged Moses with the task of staring down a tyrant, and leading a nation out of bondage. He performed that task, not because of the man he was, but because of who he trusted. So if God is calling you to go and do, then go and do……always remembering that the I AM sent you.
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