The I Am
Friday, January 21
The I Am
But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I am who i am. Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” Exodus 3:13-14
There was a time in the past where a man’s name carried his status and reputation with it. A father’s name was passed down to his children as well as the value of what people thought of him, his father, and his father’s father. Therefore it can be said that trust is built on the assurance that someone is:
- Dependable
- Of good character
- Truthful
- Strong
Men would go to great lengths to have their name associated as one of honor and trust. They would be trustworthy, they would be kind, they would be dependable, they would be generous, they would be hardworking and then everything that their name was attached to would be something that was trusted as if it were the man himself.
If man can benefit from a name how much show we as children of God can benefit from having a connection to the Father. In Exodus 3:13 and 14 Moses says to God, “But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I am who i am. Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.”
God is trustworthy not by looking at humanity but by looking at Him. He alone is the ruler by which we can measure His character, ability, strength and honesty. When we do this, we can look back on history and see that He is worthy of our trust now. We see that there has never been any variation in Him and that there never will be because He is who He is. When everything else is unreliable, untrustworthy, too weak, or fades away He, the great “I Am,” will remain.