REPOSTED FROM 2008.
Okay, you’re probably wondering about the title of this article. Well, There may be some of you out there wondering about how you’re going to make it. You may be facing foreclosure on your house or business. You may be going through some sort of sickness whether it be physically or mentally. You may be considering marrying for the first time or remarrying and you just don’t know what to do. Hopefully, today something said in this post will encourage you to hold on to “I Am that I Am.”
Exodus 3:13-15 (ESV)
13Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
According to Wesley’s Notes, there are two names for God. A name that speaks what He(God) is in Himself, I am that I am – This explains his name Yahweh which is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in the New Living translation it is usually rendered, “the Lord.” Yahweh signifies,
- That He is self-existent and has no dependence upon any other. Also being self-existent, He cannot but be self-sufficient and therefore all-sufficient.
- That He is eternal and unchangeable, always the same, yesterday today, and for ever. He will be what He will be (Hebrews 13:8).
- That He is faithful and true to all his promises, unchangeable in His Word as well as in His nature, and not a man that He should lie. Ex. 3:14 - “Let Israel know this, ‘I am’ hath sent me unto you.” A name that speaks what He is to his people. Lest that name “I am” should puzzle them, He is farther directed to make use of another name of God, more familiar.
Encouragement
The phrase, “I am that I am” says volumes. He (God) can be and will do whatever He desires. He’s ALL THAT! Simply, what do you need from the great “I AM”–Yahweh? As mentioned earlier, whatever you are going through the I Am can be there for you. If you need peace, He is Yahweh (Jehovah) Shaloam, the God of Peace (Judges 6:24). If you need healing, emotionally or physically, He is Yahweh (Jehovah) Rophe which means “heal, cure” “restore,” or “make whole” (Exodus 15:26 NKJV). If you need Him to be a provider, Yahweh (Jehovah) Yireh which means “to see” translates to “provide” (Genesis 22:13-14) will make provision. The English word “provision” is made up of two Latin words that mean “to see beforehand.” Since God sees the future as well as the past and the present, He is able to anticipate and provide for what is needed before you even become aware of the problem.
Furthermore, Jesus Christ became the I Am in the flesh. A comforter to the sorrowful, a healer to the sick, a teacher to those in doubt, a leader among men–the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6). A provider for those that hungered (Matthew 14:15-21).
So, do you see that the I Am is and can be, in your life, whatever you need Him to be? May you take hold of the Word of God and meditate on His promises daily.
Peace,
SWT
