Friday, May 27, 2022

Jesus,The Great I AM!


Exodus,3.13 -16.{NIV} 

Moses is running away from his people, the Israelites, because as a man, he had seen the suffering of his people and tried to deliver them from the Egyptian bondage by the arm of flesh. This led to a serious problem as the very people he tried to deliver rose against him and to deliver him self from their anger, Moses ran to Median plains and decides to keep himself busy with sheep keeping. In the spiritual realm, God develops interest in Moses probably, because He sees the desire to end Egyptian captivity for the Israelites. While Moses is still busy keeping sheep in the backside of the desert, God decides to reveal Himself to Moses. First God captures the attention of Moses through the burning bush which was not being consumed. Please note that burning bushed in the desert is not a new phenomena because due to intense heat of the desert, occasionally fire breaks out in bushes. However, in the case of the bush that captured the attention of Moses, the bush was not being consumed like in the case of other bush fires. When Moses drew near to see what storage sight was this, a bush burning and is not consumed, God decides to speak from among the burning bush. God introduces Himself to Moses in a way he could understand and tells him that He is the God of Abraham, Isaack and Jacob. In other words, He is not a new and strange God who has come to replace the God of his fore fathers. Moses demands to know more about this God of his father for whom he tried to fight and deliver His people from Egyptian bondage. Then God reveals to Moses the fact that, He is Who He is. In other words, He is the same. He does not change. He is the solution to every question. He is what He has been. Jesus much later when He was talking to the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, He tells them, before Abraham was, He was. And that He is who He Is. That is Jesus is The I AM. It is Jesus who delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage .It is Jesus who commanded the nation of Israel to victory over the nations which rose against them. Jesus is the I AM. Who is Jesus to you today?

2 comments:

Cornelius said...

He is my saviour and my refuge

Robert Lavu said...

Amen Bro Conelius.He will show yow His faithfulness.