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I Am

    In the church world, we always hear about the great "I am," but what does that mean? In Exodus, God meets Moses and identifies Himself to him this way. The conversation as is follows:

Exodus 3:13-15 But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?”
God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, 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 eternal name, my name to remember for all generations. (NLT)

     To me, the adjectives that follow this phrase are filled in throughout the pages of the books in the Bible and our own personal life. It conveys how all encompassing our God is. We see Him in different ways throughout our lives, but He is always good. Sometimes He makes Himself known to us as our provider, our comforter, our Savior, our friend, our Father, our husband, etc. Jesus Himself even helped to fill in some of those blanks during His time here on earth.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (ESV)
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (ESV)

John 6:35 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. (NIV)
John 8:23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world" (NIV)

John 10:9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. (NIV)

 John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (NIV)
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die" (NIV)

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. (NIV)

    Who is the Lord to you? What aspect of Himself is He revealing to you in your life right now? Dig in to what He has to offer you and deepen your relationship with the all-encompassing, all-consuming God of all creation.

Revelation 1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (ESV)

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