“I Am Who I Am”

When God showed Himself to Moses for the first time, this is how He explained Himself to Moses, “I am who I am.” This is a profound declaration of who God is: eternal and never changing, the Great I Am. We humans live in a linear world, with a definite beginning at birth and an assumed end at death. God, on the other hand, has no beginning or end, which may be hard for us to understand, but is essential to creation and eternity.

It is kind of mind-blowing to realize that this God who appeared to Moses in a burning bush, who declared “I am who I am,” who miraculously led the Children of Israel out of Egypt and sustained them in the desert for 40 years, is the very same God who reveals Himself to us through His Word, His people and nature. He wants to miraculously lead us out of our bondage. He wants to sustain us, make us His people and be our God forever.

Since we live in a temporal world, we tend to forget or not believe that God created us to live forever. Although our physical bodies will age and eventually die, our souls will live forever either in God’s presence or separated from Him, depending on the choices we make now. That eternal life has started already! We have been given a few short years on this earth, with a specific purpose from God, which we need to live to the fullest with an eternal perspective.