"I AM THAT I AM"

When Moses asked God what is your name. He replied. I AM that I AM.

This is a covenant statement of God.

Ehyeh asher ehyeh is generally interpreted to mean I am that I am, though it can also be translated as "I-shall-be that I-shall-be. 

This signifies the real being of God, his self-existence, and that he is the Being of beings; as also it denotes his eternity and immutability, and his constancy and faithfulness in fulfilling his promises, for it includes all time, past, present, and to come; and the sense is, not only I am what I am at present, but I am what I have been, and I am what I shall be, and shall be what I am. 

It means that in your time-space history that you live in, as your personal life enfolds, I will be revealed as I AM to you. For the Lord is in a personal relationship to you and has taken responsibility for your life. 

As Moses was leading the children of Israel they needed protection from their enemies that were pursuing them. The Lord God was & is I AM your defense.

When they needed food, I AM your Supplier 

When they needed protection from the sun and heat at night, He provided . The Lord God is I AM your Protector

Ex 13:21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way, 

and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or fight. 

Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people. 

When they needed healing, He was and is I AM your Healer. 

In the wilderness it was common to hit a rock where there was a cistern of water. How do you know which one and you also need to have enough to a million people? Do you need His wisdom and knowledge today? Moses was given wisdom and knowledge to know what rock to tap and the miracle also was the amount of water. I AM your Wisdom. I AM your Shepherd. I AM your Provider 

Made a decision; take an animal usually a bull; split into 2 halves and walk into the bloody path; commit to each other, cut their wrist and hands and blood running and mingling and bring hands together and put gun powder on the wound to leave a scar. Became a friend, now a brother; exchange of names. I am one with this person, ends with a meal. Bread and wine. Feed each other saying you eat me and you drink me. If I ever break this covenant may what happen to this bull. For the rest of their lives, they will implement being loyal, the meeting of their needs, protecting and defending from all. All that they have also belongs to the other and extends to your seed. This works out in every day life. They always look to pursue you for good. What the blood speaks is = will never leave you nor forsake you. My food is yours, my name is yours, my wealth is yours, my defense is yours. Both parties live to do good for the other. The greater One will always more.

In the New Covenant, God made a covenant with the blood of His own Son. It is unbreakable, unshakable and unmovable. We are now joined together as one with Him. All that we need is in Him. We are the joint heirs of Jesus Christ. All that He is, all that He has we are joined to.

John 6:51:"I AM the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever;" 

John 8:12: Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I AM the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." He is your light in the darkness you face. Walk into you world knowing He will part the darkness for you. 

John 8:58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." 

John 10:9: "I AM the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." 

John 10:11: "I AM the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. Do you need Him to lead you? Accept that He is the Shepherd and is leading.

John 11:25: Jesus said to her, "I AM the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

John 14:6: Jesus said to him, "I AM the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 

John 15:1: "I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vine-dresser. 

John 19:2: Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'He said, "I AM the King of the Jews." 

Jesus Christ is the Supplier and the Supply of every need. 

Acts 7:32: Stephen speaking of Moses' encounter at the burning bush "saying, 'I am the God of your fathers-- the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look." 

Acts 9:5: And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." 

But the Good News is more. It states that not only are our sins forgiven, but we are brought into an actual functioning unity with God through Christ. The pages of the New Testament abound with such phrases as, “Christ in you,” “I live yet not I but Christ lives in me,” “God which works in you,” “Greater is He that is in you…,” “He that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit,’ and many more. 

Here is the key to the impossible life. Behind the statement that His yoke is easy and His burden light is the truth that He does not merely tell us what to do, but enters into union with us to be the ability to do it. 

Colossians 3:4 puts it boldly: “Christ who is our life.” The gift of eternal life is not an impersonal thing that God gives us. The gift of life is God Himself. He gives us the Spirit of Jesus to live within us. “He that has the Son has life…” (John 3:36 KJV) To live in eternal life is to live in the ability of Another’s life. 

The idea of a God outside of us giving us aid as we struggle to keep His commands is foreign to the Gospel. He is within us, alive in our personalities being His Holy Self. It was this consciousness that caused Paul to exclaim, 

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me. (Galatians 2:20) 

The I Am In the Old Testament was whatever man needed. He became, He was his all in all. Jesus in the New Testament uses all the examples to show who He is. He is everything to man and the only way to God. 

I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." 

By Sandra Ann