The Eternal ‘I AM’

 

Exodus 3:14 (NRSVue) - “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.’”

In Exodus 3, God reveals Himself to Moses through a burning bush.

He then commands Moses to go to Pharoah and deliver His people from bondage.

Moses first questions why God should choose to send him.

He then asks how he should respond when the people ask who sent him.

The name God gives is ‘I AM’.

Not I WAS, or I WILL BE, but ‘I AM’.

This speaks volumes as God is eternal.

The name ‘I AM’ confirms this.

Paul, in his letter to the Romans, speaks of another of God’s eternal aspects.

He speaks of God’s eternal love through Christ.

Romans 8:31 (NRSVue) - What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

God, the eternal ‘I AM’ delivered His people.

God, the eternal ‘I AM’ enabled those in Rome to set aside their fears.

God, the eternal ‘I AM’ delivers us and gives us confidence.

We no longer have a reason to fear.

Even physical death has lost its power to intimidate us,

God, the eternal ‘I AM’ gives us His peace, His love, and His hope.

There may be times we fail to recognize His presence, but He is there, nonetheless.

He has plans for our future.

And, when our work is done, He has already prepared a place for us.

All these things, and more, are gifts of the eternal ‘I AM’.

They are God’s gifts of love to us through Christ.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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