I Am

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV) Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

      After 40 years of living in the Pharoah’s home and being groomed to be a Prince of Egypt and 40 years living as an outcast on the “backside” of the desert chasing sheep around in the heat I can imagine that Moses wondered why he was even born. Why had God saved him from death and placed him in the Kings palace? What was his purpose? At eighty years old his life was slipping away and he was stuck in the middle of nowhere. Sure he had a wife who loved him. A job that was supporting his family. He was making a living but surely there was something more. It was in that time of exile and dismay that Moses came face to face with the One that holds our tomorrows and orders our lives. Nothing made any sense and neither did His encounter with God. A Burning Bush? Really? Wouldn’t God show up with an entourage or a flaming chariot? It is interesting that it was from a bush that God decided to introduce himself and proclaim His name. I Am! The self existent one. I Am here in this burning bush. I Am here in the desert. I Am there when you are discouraged. I Am with you always even until the end of the age. I Am able to keep you. I Am more than enough. You may walk through the wilderness and through the fire but I Am will never leave you.
      It is natural to want to be successful and this world tries to fill our minds with the worldly concept of success. We measure our lives by the yardstick of Hollywood or Wall Street and it is easy to feel like we don’t measure up but God never uses those temporal markers. God doesn’t measure by 100 years or 1000 years. He dwells in eternity. It would be good for us to remember that He laid the foundations of this world and when everything around us has turned to dust God will just be getting started. Nations rise and fall and kingdoms are but fleeting moments in the light of eternity. Be not dismayed! That is hard when you are in your wilderness and nothing makes any sense. But it comes naturally when we gaze into the face of the Burning Bush and realize that I Am is with you.