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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