But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15 Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD 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 this is My memorial to all generations.’ 16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; 17 and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18 Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ 19 But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 20So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. 22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”--Exodus 3:11-22
To My Daughters,
There are two things that comforted me in this passage. The first is how gracious God is to Moses. Moses expresses his feelings of fear and inadequacy for the job in verse 11 and God responds immediately by reminding him that he would be with him. I loved that. Our God is Emmanuel...God with us. He never leaves us or forsakes us. We have no reason to fear. It really does not matter who we are if God is with us. Meditate on that one...make that truth of God part of your very being.
God goes on to be even more gracious by relaying to Moses all that will occur ahead of time. Now there are times in my life when I wish God would do this, but most of the time I am content and think it better if I do not know. The light that God sheds on the path directly in front of me is enough. But here God tells him ahead of time that when he has brought the people out of Egypt, he shall serve Him on this very mountain. He gave Moses the whole picture. Read verses 16-22. What an encouragement for Moses as he walks through and sees all of what God had told him, come to fruition. Wow. Wow. Wow. When I catch glimpses of God's plans purposes and sovereign care for me in my own life, I am overwhelmed with His goodness and majesty. I cannot imagine how Moses felt as he saw all that God had spoken occur before his very eyes!!!!
The second thing that comforted me was the name that God told Moses to use when the children of Israel asked who it was that sent him to them. What was His name. God's answer was to tell them that "I AM WHO I AM" sent him.
There is both depth and beautiful simplicity in this name...
"I AM what? I AM all that you will ever need. I AM to you whatever your need may be. Literally, girls, our God is the Becoming One and becomes whatever you need. The Eternal One...the One who embodies past, present and future all at once, will be to you and fulfill for you, whatever your need may be. "
Moses is obviously lacking confidence here...the Great I AM, the Becoming One, will become his confidence. When I lack peace...I look to Jesus and He becomes my peace. Our God is to us whatever we need. Give yourself the best of the best today. Give yourself an eternity filled with unimaginable glory and majesty. Give yourself what you truly need today. Go to Him...surrender to Him...allow Him to be everything you will ever need.
I close with my very favorite passage of Scripture and the one I chose early on to be my life verse.
You will keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever. For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.--Isaiah 26:3-4
Love
Mom
