God knew it was imperative for Moses to know who He was - that He was I AM. I AM is the present tense, active form of the verb to be. As God's name, it declares that He is unchanging, constant, unending, always present, always God.
God was telling Moses:
I AM the center of everything.
I AM running the show.
I AM the same every day, forever.
I AM the owner of everything.
I AM the Lord.
I AM the Creator and Sustainer of life.
I AM the Savior.
I AM more than enough.
I AM inexhaustible and immeasurable.
I AM God.
I AM the center of everything.
I AM running the show.
I AM the same every day, forever.
I AM the owner of everything.
I AM the Lord.
I AM the Creator and Sustainer of life.
I AM the Savior.
I AM more than enough.
I AM inexhaustible and immeasurable.
I AM God.
In a heartbeat, Moses knew God's name - and something more. He finally knew his. For if God's name is I AM, Moses' name must be I am not.
I am not the center of everything.
I am not in control.
I am not all powerful.
I am not calling the shots.
I am not the owner of anything.
I am not the Lord.
I am not in control.
I am not all powerful.
I am not calling the shots.
I am not the owner of anything.
I am not the Lord.
That's my name, too. And yours. I am not. Just try it under your breath, "My name is I am not."
I am not running anything.
I am not the head of anything.
I am not in charge of anything.
I am not the maker.
I am not the savior.
I am not holding it all together.
I am not all-knowing.
I am not God.
I am not the head of anything.
I am not in charge of anything.
I am not the maker.
I am not the savior.
I am not holding it all together.
I am not all-knowing.
I am not God.
Sure, people might call you Tommy or Eddie, or Amanda or Juan or Michelle or Erin, or Michael. But, let's face it, when you get right down to tit, all of our names are I am not.
And God's name is still I AM.
.... God is big. We are not. He is calling the shots, directing the script, and determining the plot. We are not. And, what's really wild is that while He doesn't need any of us, He is choosing to include up, inviting us into the story that never ends.
Try to fathom it - little you and me invited into the massive and mysterious story of the great I AM.
Try to fathom it - little you and me invited into the massive and mysterious story of the great I AM.
Are you up for it?
2 comments:
It knocks me right over. I don't think any words can express it better than the words of the Psalmist:
For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded. What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: And hast set him over the works of thy hands. Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields. The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea. O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth!
Amen!
~Alyssa
Post a Comment