“I AM WHO I AM”
But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to
them, ‘The God of your ancestors 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.” He
said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to
you.’” God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The
LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: This is my name forever, and this is my
title for all generations.
Go and assemble the elders of
Exodus 3:13-18
When the Lord God called Moses from the burning bush, He told him
that he had been chosen to bring His people out of bondage in
The Lord replied, “I AM WHO I AM.” By using His unique name, He
offered Moses a glimpse of the nature of His eternal existence in one sentence.
It is a statement of perfection. God is the one only true God. He really is The eternal, self-existent, and immutable Being. He is the
only being who cay say that He always will be what He
always has been.
He and His name are perfect. In reverence we are to bow before Him.
Looking for perfection? Look to Jesus.
Our Daily Bread – January 21, 2009