Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” Exodus 3:13 NKJV
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.” Exodus 3:14
Called For Freedom
Exodus 3 is the testimony of Moses as he is being called by God to set the captives of Israel free from the bondage of Egypt. You see there is always someone called to lead the way to freedom and most of the time that person responds, at first, just like Moses did in when he said "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
Next, as if “I AM WHO I AM” isn’t enough, God continues to identify Himself;
I AM Defined
Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ Exodus 3:15
The Hebrew definition for I AM is translated from the Hebrew word Hâyâh, [haw-yaw]. The simplest definition is “I will be.”
As I read the words used to define I AM in the Strong’s Concordance, as if there are any words adequate enough to describe God, I began to ponder them. I felt a poetic flow in my spirit as it leaped at the name I AM! I have always been fascinated at the thought of God describing Himself this way. I AM! I AM WHO I AM! This way that God identifies Himself to Moses always gave me the idea that He was every