The Church At Brierfield

When God told Moses to free Israel from Egypt, he wasn’t sure what to say to them or how to explain who sent him.

Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”

God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’”  (Ex. 3:13, 14)

This name has always seemed a little weird to me.  How could this strange name have possibly helped Moses lead the people of Israel to freedom?

As we think on this name it becomes more profound than we can imagine.  Yet, as is normal with God, it is simple enough for a child to understand.  In its simplest form God is saying to Israel, “I am whatever you need.”

You need not worry about whether you are capable of handling the situation because “I am.”  Don’t worry about whether you are able to defeat Pharaoh’s army because “I am.”  Don’t worry about whether you are able to feed millions of people in the middle of a desert because “I am.”  Don’t worry about whether you are able to possess the promised land because “I am.”

God, the “I am”, is the only truly independent and self-sufficient being that exists.  He is who He is and everyone else is dependent upon Him.  He is the only being that can say “I am who I am.”  Everyone else has to say “I am who God made me.”

To live a full life we must depend on “I am” at all times.  It is when we realize that we are not able that God will deliver us by saying “I am.”