I Am that I Am

The Almighty God is the great I Am. He is whatever we need Him to be and His supply is more than we can take and His grace and mercy last a lifetime.

When Moses asked God who is He at the burning bush, God answered: "I Am Who I Am". Moses had been humbled in the past forty years in the desert. He was married and had children. He was stuttering and stumbling. He was not as self-assuring as he was when he was a prince in Egypt. He was taken aback when God asked him to lead His people out of Egypt.

However, that was not how God saw Moses. He saw Moses as a faithful servant who would lead His people out of Egypt. He saw a man fit to be used as a leader to lead His people out of Egypt. And God promised Moses His presence will always be with them even after the children of Israel and asked for the law of God. That was also after God had instructed Moses to build the tabernacle of His mercy and grace for the law of God was hidden below the mercy seat of the Ark of the covenant.

When Abraham was weary after he had won the battle with four kings and their soldiers, God came to him to assure him that He was with him and that He would be his shield and exceedingly great reward! At a time when Abraham was in doubt to the promise of God that he would be the father to many nations, God assured he once again that his descendants will be like stars in the sky and sand on the beach and Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteous.

God will always be who we need Him to be! It is a like a blank cheque signed with the very signature of Jesus. What do we need to be in our lives? Jesus is the Answer to our every request. How is that possible?

First and foremost, Jesus became our sin and trespass offering at the cross. He who knows no sin and in Him there is no sin took our place of sin. At the cross, the divine exchange took place so that we can take His position of righteousness. We are made the righteousness of God in Christ! We have right standing with God. We can come to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba Father! We are made to be one with God because of the sacrificial work of Christ Jesus at the cross! Hallelujah!

Jesus took the beatings on His own body so that by His stripe we are made whole, completely healed. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is still the Healer today, right this very moment. He is healing himself. Do we need healing today? Look to Jesus and take from Him. We delight His heart when we take from Him. Hallelujah!

Are we caught in dire strait, and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel? Jesus is the great deliverer who will deliver us out of "overwhelming" situation. His word tells us that in every trouble, He has already made a way of escape! He already has the solution long before we know there is a need. Regardless of what we are going through today, whatever we need, He has already provided. Look to Jesus and draw from Him. His grace is sufficient for the day and His supply never stops. Hallelujah!

So what if the sun is not shining?

Were there times in our lives when things just did not go our way? Were there times in our lives when whatever could go wrong just went terribly wrong? Were there times in our lives when our prayers seemed to be ignored by God?

I guess some of us may experience negative moments in our lives. Those moments may even seem to last forever, although they didn't. And those down sessions most probably put a dent in our spirit and the our will to carry on. My suspicion is that some just gave up totally when those horrible moments hit.

While we definitely don't look forward to evil day in our lives, it may still come our way for that is one way the devil is taking advantage of the circumstance to cause us into unbelief. He jumps on every opportunity to root us out of our belief system in Christ alone! He will accuse us of the wrongs that we have committed or the lack of good that we have done.

In spite of these, are we really shaken to the extent that we no longer believe in God? The answer is a definite NO!

God is faithful to His promises to His children and His beloveds. He promises He will never leave us nor forsake us. He will always be there through our ups and downs in our lives. His love is unending and His mercy endures forever. His grace is sufficient for us for the day. It is like the fresh manna that the children of Israel collected during their days in the desert.

Just because we don't see and feel the heat from the sun doesn't imply the sun goes missing and is not shining anymore? Just because on a cloudy and rainy, and even a "perfect" storm is in the horizon, day we accuse God of going missing in action our lives? The answer is another definite NO!

The fact is that the sun is always there. When the rain has stopped and the cloud has cleared, one will be able to see and feel the heat from the sun. The truth is that God is eternal. He is there in the beginning and He is there in the end. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Author of our faith. And most importantly, He has sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to come to be our savior.

Jesus has come to save us from eternal damnation. He came to reconcile us to God so that we can be as one with Him. Jesus came to save us from our every problem and trouble. He is the ultimate savior that will always deliver. Sometimes the timing of the deliverance may seemed to be late but His timing is always perfect! There is nothing too big or too small for God to pay attention to. Just cast all your cares upon Jesus and rest at His feet and see the manifestation of our miracles in our lives. Hallelujah!