3 August Exodus 3
- Werner Jansen van rensburg
- Aug 3
- 3 min read
I AM WHO I AM
God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and told him to go to Egypt to lead the Israelites out of slavery. In response, Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?Exodus 3:13-15 (NIV) Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation”.I AM is the ultimate statement of self-sufficiency, self-existence, and immediate presence. When God identified Himself as I AM WHO I AM, He stated that, no matter when or where, He is there.Now notice that God gives three answers to the question, “What shall I tell them your name is?” In verse 14, God says, I AM WHO I AM. In verse 14, God says, I AM has sent me to you. In verse 15, God says, the name that is forever has sent you.What does it mean when you ask your God, Who are you? and he answers, I AM WHO I AM?The first and most important truth about God: he exists. Revelation 1:8 (AMP) “I am the Alpha and the Omega ,” says the Lord God, “Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty . The name I AM WHO I AM is God’s personality, and power is owing solely to himself and no other. Malachi 3:6 (AMP) “For I am the Lord, I do not change ; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.The name I AM WHO I AM is that God is an everlasting God, the source of all. Isaiah 40:28 (AMP) “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become tired or grow weary; There is no searching of His understanding”.I AM WHO I AM; is shows that God has drawn us near to Him in Jesus Christ. John 8:56-58 (AMP) “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day (My incarnation). He saw it and was delighted.” 57 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not even fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”The psalmist says this in Psalm 9:10 (ESV) “And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you”.This is the name of God: I AM WHO I AM! And may those who know the name of God put their trust in him.
*I AM WHO I AM*