Moses needed an answer.
How about you? Do you need an
answer from God? God wanted Moses to do
something. Moses response was basically,
“Who says so?” God’s answer to Moses
was, “I AM”. That is the basic answer we
all need from God. The answer isn’t “God
is”. That we understand by faith or else
we cannot come to God. Moses was talking
to the God who is and Moses already believed in Him. God’s answer was, “I AM”. That is His great Name. That is His all sufficient answer.
I AM what? That is
our natural human response. That was not
Moses’ response, however. Moses
understood. Moses understood that with
those two simple words God had expressed about Himself all that He needed in
order to make demands. He had expressed
all He needed to make promises. He had
expressed all He needed to deserve worship.
So what did those two words mean to Moses? What did that
Name that we now translate Jehovah imply?
I AM all powerful. I AM able to
do all. I AM worthy. I AM and there is no one else. I AM the maker of you all, the keeper of your
world and the judge who all of you will face in the future. Yes, that is what those two words meant to
Moses. In short, God said I AM all
sufficient in all ways, at all times, for all things and by all means.
That should be a sufficient answer for us. God is sufficient for our needs. He knows all, can do all, has all, and has
declared His all sufficient and unfailing love for all those who believe in His
dear Son Jesus Christ. Dear God,
Jehovah, Great I AM, hear the prayer of my heart, my hurts, my needs, my
confession, my insufficiency and in Your greatness have mercy upon me. I AM is the answer to everything we ask
humbly before His throne.
Thomas Olivers, paraphrasing a Hebrew hymn of praise, gave
us the wonderful hymn “The God of Abram Praise”. Let us praise the Great I Am together with
two verses of Oliver’s majestic words, “The God of Abraham praise, who reigns
enthroned above; Ancient of everlasting days, and God of Love; Jehovah, great I
AM! By earth and Heav’n confessed; I bow and bless the sacred Name forever
blessed. The God of Abraham praise,
whose all sufficient grace shall guide me all my happy days, in all my ways. He
calls a worm His friend, He calls Himself my God! And He shall save me to the
end, thro’ Jesus’ blood.” He can do all
things for us because He is the Great I AM.
Praise that glorious Name today.
Worship Him in the certain Hope of I AM.
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