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God as Your "I AM" and

Being Called by His Name

You can enjoy the presence of God as what makes you adequate. Writing about the new covenant, the Apostle Paul said, "Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God" (2 Cor. 3:5). Now let’s consider an Old Testament example of how this works out in real life.

When Moses was in Egypt, he was confident and likely even boastful, too. He tried to free Israel by himself. He killed a man. Then, he left Egypt, because he was afraid for his life. How would you feel?

Later, he saw a bush that was on fire, but was not being burned up. God was speaking to Moses from the bush. God wanted him to go and tell the Egyptian Pharaoh to let God’s people go free. How does Moses react? Basically, he said that he didn’t feel adequate: "Who am I that I should go" (Exod. 3:11). For forty years he had been herding sheep. It was a job that for him didn’t have much glory in it, certainly not enough to keep him reassured and confident.

Moses was just like us. We go through our lives seldom finding enough reasons to keep believing that "I am adequate" or that "I am enough." Moses responded, "Who am I?" But what did God do? He responded, "I AM." God knew Moses was inadequate. But it took Moses forty years of herding sheep to give up and believe his own human inadequacy. Just like us, God couldn’t use him until he came to the place where he knew he couldn’t depend on himself.

When Moses said in essence, "I am not," God said, "I AM" (Exod. 3:14). Please note also that God didn’t encourage Moses with, "You can do it." God didn’t say, "I believe in you." Moses needed courage and confidence that was based on something real. Instead of encouraging Moses to trust himself, God was saying, "Take courage, I can do it." God gave Moses a real basis for confidence when He said, "I will be with you" (Exod. 3:12). In order for God to be Moses’ "I AM," in order for Moses to find his adequacy in the Lord, God had to be with him. It is the same for us. On a practical level it is always that way. Whatever we depend on for our security, our strength, or our adequacy, there is something about it that has to be around us, close to us. It is true with earthly sources. It is also true with God.

There is freedom for people who want out of the battle of proving that they are enough without God. God’s message to Moses was the same as it is to you and me: "Believe in Me, I can do it. Let Me be your ‘I am.’ Let Me come and be your adequacy."

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