God's Response "I am who I am"

 On of the most interesting encounters between a man and the one true God was Moses on the mount.

Moses asks what seems to be a simple question  "Who should I tell them sent me?"  and God responded "I am who I am"

It's interesting since the Jewish thought was if you knew a person's name you would hold a certain control over that person.  Why?  Because if you knew their name you could define them.  

Think about it.  When you hear a certain person's name you can get an impression of that person even before you meet them.   Norma could be thought of as a middle age woman, or Chuck as a meat and potato man.  I won't go on since your experience with a certain person with a certain name will define what you think of others.  When you finish  "The Kingdom Land" who will have new  impressions of the names Erik and Laura and John.

Now back to Moses.  It could be said that Moses was trying to grasp or trick God by putting Him  in a box and then being able to go back the the Jewish followers and say "Hey I know who God is"  When Moses returned to the people no one needed to be told Moses had talked with God because of the mere appearance of Moses (side note: people who have walked with God will appeared different to those who see them)   God would have nothing to do with Motses' attempt..  God is so much bigger, so much holier, so much more than we could ever fathom that we simply can not put God in a box.

In times of confusion; He is.    In times of stress; He is.   In times when we think we know exactly what God is doing or should be doing;  He is.

I woud suggest that we give up the quest to figure out God.  . Yes, we know He is love.  Yes, we know He is holy and faithful, but those are parts of the great "I am" not us explaining exactly how He should act.

So what?   So the next time you're confused, or frustrated or feeling abandoned or overwhelmed simply remember one thing.  He is  which includes all that moment needs to be  conquered.
Rather than coming up with a diagram of how God will act, let's simply know He is, and He definately is sufficient to hold us within His grace.

What do you think?