Teaching Notes

This is me at work. I have often sat down and wondered, what can I say and will the people accept the words I write? Just as God spoke to Moses to reassure him, God reassures me that the great "I Am" is sending me to tell the people about his word. Is there an assignment you are running from?

But Who Am I?

Exodus 3:13-15 (The Message)

Then Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the People of Israel and I tell them, 'The God of your fathers sent me to you'; and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What do I tell them?" God said to Moses, "I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the People of Israel, 'I-AM sent me to you.'" God continued with Moses: "This is what you're to say to the Israelites: 'God, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob sent me to you.' This has always been my name, and this is how I always will be known.



Note: Moses asks God a question, what will I tell the people when they ask me who has sent me? God tells him to say, "I Am-Who-I-Am" has sent me.

Question: What do you think this name means?



Answer: "I am" is a state of being, active and alive. For example, when we say, I am hungry or I am happy. We are talking about our state. God then says, I am who I am. I am active and I have always been active. I am in a state of being who I am. It also tells me that you and I must be careful when we say "I am" referring to ourselves. We in fact were created in the image of God, the "I am". So When God calls you and I and says he will send us on a mission, we can tell others that the God that created us, that knew us and formed us is the one that sends us. We are not coming in our own power but in the power and the might of the great "I Am". This should give us encouragement because we can say "I am capable", "I am a mighty warrior". Not because of who we are, but because we have the great "I am" inside of us and he is the one that makes us capable of doing all things through Christ.



Prayer: Today Lord we say thank you for giving us your spirit and equipping us to be able to say we are yours and that you the great "I am" lives in us and because of it we are able to say "I am a child of God" and "I am more than a conquer in Christ Jesus". Amen.