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While tending sheep in the wilderness, Moses saw a burning bush that did not burn up. As he went closer to try to see what was happening, a voice called out from the bush, and Moses learned that God himself was talking to him.<\/p>\n
God told Moses to remove his sandals, for he was standing on holy ground. Then God explained that he was going to rescue his people from slavery in Egypt and take them back to the land he had promised to their father Abraham. God also said that he had chosen Moses to go to confront Pharaoh and bring the people out of there. And for Moses to do that, God would need to empower Moses to serve him.<\/p>\n
Moses was right to ask, \u201cWho am I that I should go to Pharaoh . . . ?\u201d And he wondered what to tell the Israelites about who was sending him. Then God identified himself as \u201cI AM WHO I AM,\u201d and he instructed Moses to tell the Israelites that \u201cthe LORD\u201d\u2014the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob\u2014was sending him to them.<\/p>\n
Moses and the people would learn that ultimately their identity was shaped by their relationship to I AM\u2014that is, to the one true God. Moses and the people could not move forward without knowing I AM.<\/p>\n
The same is true for us. Our understanding of who we are today is directly related to our being in relationship with the living, faithful God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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