I AM With You
Read: Exodus chapter three
Most of us carry the same quiet question Moses asked at the burning bush: Who am I? Who am I to lead? Who am I to speak up? Who am I to believe God could really use me? Who am I to take this step?
We rarely say it out loud, but we feel it deeply. Insecurity. Fear. A sharp awareness of our limits. Moses doesn’t hide it. He says it straight to God. Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? What I love about this moment is how honest it is. This is the kind of relationship God invites us into. Raw. Vulnerable. No pretending.
Moses had every reason to feel unqualified. He was a fugitive. A shepherd. Eighty years old. He had tried before and failed publicly. And throughout Exodus, we will hear more excuses from him. Yet every time God reveals who He is, He reshapes who Moses is.
Here’s the key. God never answers Moses’ question with a pep talk. He doesn’t say, "Moses, you’re enough." He doesn’t say, "You’ve got what it takes." He says something far more unsettling and far more powerful: "I will be with you."
That pattern runs all through Scripture. Joshua hears it. Jeremiah hears it. The disciples hear it. God never grounds the mission in human credentials. He grounds it in divine accompaniment. We prefer competence over communion. God insists on presence.
When Moses asks about God’s name, the moment gets even deeper. God reveals Himself as I AM WHO I AM. Yahweh. Self-existent. Unchanging. Dependent on nothing. He does not borrow power. He does not adjust to circumstances. He simply is. God does not become what we need. He already is everything we need.
And then Jesus steps onto the scene and says something that leaves no room for misunderstanding: "Before Abraham was, I AM." The same voice from the burning bush now walks among them in flesh. The I AM who sends Moses is the I AM who carries a cross.
God has always displayed His power through weak people. Gideon hides. Elijah despairs. Jeremiah feels too young. Jonah runs. Abraham and Sarah laugh. Yet God works through all of them. Why? Because God is not intimidated by what intimidates you.
Before Moses ever goes to Egypt, God speaks the outcome: They will listen, but Pharaoh will resist. I will stretch out My hand, and You will not leave empty-handed. Faith is trusting what God has already promised.
Some of you are still living in Moses’ question: Who am I after the failure? Who am I with this fear? Who am I with this calling stirring in my heart? And God is answering you the same way today... Not that you are enough, but that He is. Not that you are strong, but that He is. Not that you can do this alone, but that He is with you.
The I AM is here to save.
The I AM is here to forgive.
The I AM is here to call.
The I AM is here to go with you.
When the I AM stands with you, nothing standing against you can prevail.
How does Jesus being I AM with you change the way you face fear, obedience, or calling?
Most of us carry the same quiet question Moses asked at the burning bush: Who am I? Who am I to lead? Who am I to speak up? Who am I to believe God could really use me? Who am I to take this step?
We rarely say it out loud, but we feel it deeply. Insecurity. Fear. A sharp awareness of our limits. Moses doesn’t hide it. He says it straight to God. Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? What I love about this moment is how honest it is. This is the kind of relationship God invites us into. Raw. Vulnerable. No pretending.
Moses had every reason to feel unqualified. He was a fugitive. A shepherd. Eighty years old. He had tried before and failed publicly. And throughout Exodus, we will hear more excuses from him. Yet every time God reveals who He is, He reshapes who Moses is.
Here’s the key. God never answers Moses’ question with a pep talk. He doesn’t say, "Moses, you’re enough." He doesn’t say, "You’ve got what it takes." He says something far more unsettling and far more powerful: "I will be with you."
That pattern runs all through Scripture. Joshua hears it. Jeremiah hears it. The disciples hear it. God never grounds the mission in human credentials. He grounds it in divine accompaniment. We prefer competence over communion. God insists on presence.
When Moses asks about God’s name, the moment gets even deeper. God reveals Himself as I AM WHO I AM. Yahweh. Self-existent. Unchanging. Dependent on nothing. He does not borrow power. He does not adjust to circumstances. He simply is. God does not become what we need. He already is everything we need.
And then Jesus steps onto the scene and says something that leaves no room for misunderstanding: "Before Abraham was, I AM." The same voice from the burning bush now walks among them in flesh. The I AM who sends Moses is the I AM who carries a cross.
God has always displayed His power through weak people. Gideon hides. Elijah despairs. Jeremiah feels too young. Jonah runs. Abraham and Sarah laugh. Yet God works through all of them. Why? Because God is not intimidated by what intimidates you.
Before Moses ever goes to Egypt, God speaks the outcome: They will listen, but Pharaoh will resist. I will stretch out My hand, and You will not leave empty-handed. Faith is trusting what God has already promised.
Some of you are still living in Moses’ question: Who am I after the failure? Who am I with this fear? Who am I with this calling stirring in my heart? And God is answering you the same way today... Not that you are enough, but that He is. Not that you are strong, but that He is. Not that you can do this alone, but that He is with you.
The I AM is here to save.
The I AM is here to forgive.
The I AM is here to call.
The I AM is here to go with you.
When the I AM stands with you, nothing standing against you can prevail.
How does Jesus being I AM with you change the way you face fear, obedience, or calling?
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