The voice from the bush gives Moses a mission - but does not at once identify itself. Moses is, understandably, non-plussed. How can he undertake a mission on behalf of someone he does not know. How does he know that this really is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? In response, God gives Moses a name "I am who I am" - which can also be translated as "I am who I will be" - a God who cannot be defined - but who will gradually be revealed ever more fully through succeeding generations. God is God - but during our lives, we give God different names - or see God in different ways. God is beyond all the names we can use. God is beyond any definition we try to impose. God is God. What names have you associated with God? What images have you had of God? You may like to try an exercise based on "I am who I am"
"God is God". |
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