I AM/Am I
(Based on Exodus 3)
"Am" is just two letters,
That means to continue to be.
It's a word that holds such meaning.
Add a word or two and you'll see.
To Moses God called out;
In a burning bush was He.
Moses replied, “Here I am,”
As if the bush couldn’t see.
“I am the God of your father,
And the God of Abraham,
The God of Isaac and Jacob;
Sad for their children I am.”
“I am sending you to Egypt,
To set my people free.”
Moses replied, “Who am I?
They’ll never listen to me!”
“I will be with you,” God answered.
But Moses questioned his task.
“If I say, ‘My God has sent me to you,’
‘What is His name,’ they will ask.”
“I AM who I AM,” said God.
“Say, ‘I AM has sent me to you.
He gave your ancestors life;
And He is your Father, too.”
Moses made another excuse:
“Of speech and tongue I am slow.”
“Who gave man his mouth,” God said.
“It was I; I will help you—just GO!”
But Moses begged, “Send someone else.”
By then God’s anger was flarin’.
Moses may as well have said,
“Here am I; send my brother, Aaron.”
“Who am I?” many chosen ones ask.
“I am no one, can’t you see?”
But servants who are most faithful,
Say, “Here am I, send me.”
If the great I AM calls you,
To serve Him faithfully,
Though afraid and unsure of yourself,
What will your answer be?
Becky Wall
beckyowall.blogspot.com
I AM:
the Bread of Life (John 6:35)
the Light of the World (John 8:22-24
from above...not of this world (John 8:22-24
before Abraham was born (John 8:58
the gate for the sheep (John 10:7)
the Good Shepherd (John 10:10-12)
the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25)
God's Son (John 10:36, John 3:16)
Teacher and Lord (John 13:13)
the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6)
in the Father and you are in me and I am in you (John 4:20)
Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” Isa. 43:10b-13
Isaiah 65:1
Judgment and Salvation“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
Judgment and Salvation“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
The great I AM is forever in the past and forever in the future. (bwall)
Genesis 17:1
“I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless."
But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. (God would tell him to sacrifice his son, Isaac.)
The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.
Genesis 46:3
“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.”
Exodus 3:6
Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”
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Exodus 6:2
God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord."
“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
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