Take a moment to read Exodus 3:1-15. Vs. 4-6 – When the Lord saw that he (Moses) had gone over to look, God called to him from within the [burning] bush, “Moses! Moses!”

And, Moses said, “Here am I.” “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 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. Vs. 10-11 – So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Have you ever noticed that God has no problem with His identity? Throughout scripture, God is quick to tell the authors, prophets, and kings who He is and what He is capable of accomplishing. If He were human, it would be perceived as bragging and/or prideful. However, He is God and He simply does not have an identity crisis! He knows who He is and He knows who we are…

When you track the life of Jesus and His ministry, you will find that He doesn’t have an identity crisis, either. There are seven specific “I am” statements in the gospel according to the apostle John, and then an eighth one that requires the reader to understand a little Jewish history to comprehend it. He states in John 8:58, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” This declaration is concise and to the point. Every person, within earshot, knew exactly what He was claiming. That is why they picked up stones to stone him.

Jesus was referring back to the conversation between Moses and the LORD at the burning bush. Moses asked God, what if they ask me your name, “Then what should I tell them?”  God said to Moses, in verse 14, “I AM WHO I AM.  This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”

As you piece together each teaching of Jesus, it is clear to the reader that He claimed to be the I AM sent to be a perfect sacrifice for all our sins.  Jesus knew exactly who He was!

On the flip side of things, have you ever noticed that most people struggle with their identities on a daily basis? In Exodus 3:11, Moses starts by saying, “Who am I?” That pretty much covers the whole plight of man. We are continually trying to figure out who we are and why we are living on this planet.

Well, in order for us to overcome our insecurities, it is necessary for us to know our identity. When we realize that we are no accident, and that God was intentional about creating us, then we can move along the path to finding freedom to live life to the fullest!

Christ died for us, because God loved us whole-heartily; therefore, He must see something in us that we aren’t always capable of seeing. The truth of the matter is….it doesn’t matter what anyone else says about me. It doesn’t even matter what I think about myself.

I am who the Great I AM says I am!

Challenge: Think on who God is? Search the scriptures and ask Him, “Who am I?”