EXODUS 3:14-15

God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the 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, the name you shall call me from generation to generation. 

TO PONDER

I wonder if the writers of the Popeye the Sailor cartoon animation (first appearing nearly 100 years ago), knew of this verse from scripture. Gaining his strength from spinach, if Popeye had doubts about his identity, he would burst into song to remind himself and the viewers who and what he was. The song was called ‘I am what I am’ (actually, it was I Yam what I yam!).  

     God of course has no doubts about his identity and doesn’t need to remind himself. But his chosen people, you and me, do need the reminder. We forget that he’s in charge, that he has control over everything, that he will be with us forever. And we have that promise from God from thousands of years ago – a promise that continues from generation to generation. 

As the final few lines of The Blessing say (look up this version - The Blessing Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOt7baaVSbE)

‘May His favour be upon you, and a thousand generations, and your family and their children, and their children, and their children’. 

May his presence go before you and behind you and beside you, all around you and within you, He is with you, he is with you.

He is for you, He is for you, He is for you, He is for you’. 

PRAYER: God of our ancestors, we thank you for being the God for us. Thank you for the faithful people that have gone before us who have passed on your great faith to us. Help us to be faithful in passing it on to others. Amen   

Today's devotion written by Mark Simpfendorfer, LifeWay Epping